New in Diamondback

Only released in EOL distros:   fuerte

Overview

The graph_mapping stack contains code for doing pose graph-based SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) for a single mobile robot.

Status

This is a released stack. The current development series is 0.3.x, released against ROS diamondback.

Usage

To use the laser slam algorithms, look at the launch files in the laser_slam package.

Organization

• The pose_graph package contains the basic ros-independent pose graph data structures, as well as conversion to and from ROS messages.

• The graph_slam package contains the parent class for SLAM ros nodes, that is independent of the particular sensor type, localization algorithm, etc.

• The laser_slam package contains a particular instantiation of graph_slam for 2d laser data, using scan matching as the localization algorithm and constraint source.

• The occupancy_grid_utils package contains various useful operations on the nav_msgs/OccupancyGrid type such as coordinate conversions and ray tracing.

• The graph_mapping_utils package contains other generally used utilities.

• The graph_mapping_msgs contains the message and service definitions that comprise the ROS interface of this stack.