On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Dan Lazewatsky
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lazewatskyd@cse.wustl.edu> wrote:
> I'm using gmapping to create some maps and getting a lot of messages
> saying "Scan Matching Failed, using odometry" which is a bit
> worrisome. Does anyone know what could be causing this and how I might
> go about resolving it?
If it only happens sometimes, it might not be a problem. If it
happens very frequently, then I would guess that something's wrong
with the incoming laser data or the associated transforms. Have you
tried visualizing the laser data in rviz, in the odometric frame?
brian.