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Off World Robotics NUMBAT Backend
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Get mapping working with ROS #15

Closed hjed closed 10 years ago

hjed commented 10 years ago

Ok this is the issue for using the lidar and SLAM/GPS to map out an area. The plan is to use Point Cloud Library to process the input from the lidar (using urg_node) to create a map for path calculations. So far it looks like we will have to do the following to get the lidar data into point cloud library: urg_node (/scan) -> laser_gemoetry (converts from laserScan to pointCloud) -> pointCloud

StephMc commented 10 years ago

Also have a look at the gmapping node for ROS and the husky_navigation package (http://wiki.ros.org/husky_navigation?distro=hydro) which may provide an out of the box starting point.

sbt-tbs commented 10 years ago

I'm really busy with assignments, etc going up to the end of semester and won't find time to work on this, so if it's critical to the project and needs to be done before exams are over, someone else might have to look into it. Just warning you guys so there isn't a, "why isn't this done, I thought you were doing this", moment Sorry if this is the wrong way to send message-equivalents on github.

StephMc commented 10 years ago

Ok, thanks for letting us know. Good luck with your studies, I hope you'll be able to be involved again after exams.