Reflective tape (or any other element) i Gazebo

Hey, I have a question about reflective objects in Gazebo. I am working on localization of robot using reflective tape and I was wondering are there any reflective elements that I can use (or is there a way to create one)? It needs to give high intensity on scanner measurements (reflect a lot of scanner beam). It would be great to work on simulation instead of always using robot for testing.

Asked by kilmulis on 2020-04-08 09:15:10 UTC

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I think you could use the <collision><laser_retro> property to specify a fixed intensity value to be returned by CPU-based ray sensors. I don't think there's an equivalent for GPU ray sensors (those which see visuals instead of collisions), but I could be wrong.

Asked by chapulina on 2020-04-08 11:14:52 UTC

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That looks promising, thanks!

Asked by kilmulis on 2020-04-09 01:38:11 UTC

Using property works also for ouster gazebo plugin gazebo_ros_ouster_laser. It doesn't matter if the plugin is compiled for GPU or for CPU.

Asked by majstel on 2022-09-07 09:19:00 UTC