LIDAR model publishes upside-down pointcloud

asked 2019-03-26 06:03:20 -0600

RYO
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updated 2019-03-26 19:57:54 -0600

Hi. I'm now working on to create My Lidar model with Gazebo 7.12.0 tracing this tutorial. Intermediate: Velodyne

and having some trouble with outcoming data.

As you can see in the picture below, I don't know why but every point is published with z coordinates on the opposite sign.

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The difference between this tutorial and my model is using vertical parameter for ray. Does anyone have some idea with this?

cheers,

Ryo

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answered 2019-04-05 09:27:03 -0600

afroRoboticist
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Maybe you should try creating a different reference link for your lidar sensor.

<link name="laser_optical_link"/>
<joint name="laser_optical_joint" type="fixed">
    <axis xyz="0 1 0"/>
  <parent link="base_link"/>
  <child link="laser_optical_link"/>
  <origin rpy="-${pi/2} 0 -${pi/2}"/>
</joint>

This optical link applies a rotation to your sensor. Now use "laser_optical_link" in your sensor as its frame like below:

 <topicname>/hokuyo/laser/scan</topicname>
        <framename>laser_optical_link</framename>

Using your new rotated optical link ensures your sensor data is displayed properly in RVIZ.

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