Re: [ros-users] swissranger_camera nodelet?

I Tully,

Thanks for your reply, I think I got it now, I'll give it a try though I
think I'll end up doing a swissranger_camera nodelet version so that the
software runs more efficiently (the erratic PC is not that fast). Still I
posted my question on answers.ros.org :)

Gonçalo Cabrita
ISR University of Coimbra
Portugal

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Tully Foote <tfoote@willowgarage.com>wrote:

> Hi Gonçalo
>
> This would be great on answers.ros.org In general nodes and nodelets work
> well together. Anything done in nodelets can be done in nodes, but they will
> take more CPU.
>
> Tully
>
>
> 2011/4/29 Gonçalo Cabrita <goncabrita@gmail.com>
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I have a swissranger SR4000 3D camera that I mounted on an erratic and I
>> would like to use it for navigation instead of a laser.
>>
>> I changed the navigation configuration files to input a point cloud
>> instead of a laser scan, however since I'm using amcl for localization I
>> kind of need a laser scan!
>>
>> So I checked the turtlebot stack to see how you guys do it with the kinect
>> and I found out you have a nodelet that turns a point cloud into a virtual
>> laser scan.
>>
>> Now my problem is the kinect driver is a nodelet, and the swissranger
>> driver node is not. I am aware of what nodelets are, however I have never
>> looked into them.
>>
>> In order to use the point cloud to laser nodelet should I create a nodelet
>> version of the swissranger_camera node? Or is it better to make a node
>> version of the point cloud to laser nodelet? Or am I missing something and I
>> can make it work without having to modify anything?
>>
>> And should this go to answers.ros.org?
>>
>> Thanks for the help in advance,
>>
>> Gonçalo Cabrita
>> ISR University of Coimbra
>> Portugal
>>
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