difference between the two point clouds

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difference between the two point clouds #19

Open zaddan opened 6 years ago

zaddan commented 6 years ago

Hi,

do pointcloud and pointcloud_throttled subscribe to the same point cloud? I don't understand the difference between these two topics.

birchera commented 6 years ago

Throttled means that you don't get pointclouds at full rate, but only at an interval specified by the parameter pcl_throttle. This is to prevent excessive data inflow and makes sure there is no additional delay, as would happen when buffering.