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RTAB-map double walls

asked 2016-12-21 07:53:50 -0600

gijsje170 gravatar image

updated 2016-12-23 01:07:11 -0600

I just keep getting double walls in rtabmap when using it on my robot. I am using a Kinect to map the building. Settings: http://pastebin.com/CDtTe0JV

The result:

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EDIT in response to matlabbe: My odometry source is from the create_autonomy using the roomba 780. I know it has a reasonable drift. The launchfile I am using is RGBD_mapping.launch http://pastebin.com/q6B3S6HD

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What is your odometry source? and which launch file are your using (copy/paste stuff related to rtabmap here)?

matlabbe gravatar image matlabbe  ( 2016-12-22 14:17:08 -0600 )edit

Edited the main question

gijsje170 gravatar image gijsje170  ( 2016-12-23 01:07:17 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-01-04 12:32:31 -0600

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updated 2017-01-05 12:13:26 -0600

Hi,

if the laser scans are fake laser scans from Kinect, I don't recommend using them for ICP refining (causing more errors as they are not very precise with small FOV). Set --Reg/Strategy 0 --RGBD/NeighborLinkRefining false in rtabmap_args. I see some jumps in odometry. What happens if you disable loop closure detection by adding this --Kp/MaxFeatures -1 to rtabmap_args? The odometry should be smooth, if there are still jumps, there is a problem with odometry. Otherwise it may because of loop closure detection. Try with --Vis/MaxDepth 3.5 to limit the distance of features used for loop closure transformation (features over 4 meters are very noisy with Kinect v1).

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For loop closure, you can also try increasing --Vis/MinInliers 30 or re-extract features when computing the transformation --RGBD/LoopClosureReextractFeatures true, you may also want to disable --RGBD/ProximityBySpace false to avoid adding constraints with the fake laser scans.

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I changed the parameters you said and did not really see an improvement. For some reason it saw a loop closure at the wrong time ruining the whole scan. Then I disabled loop closures and actually it worked quite well. Except for the fact that my odometry is really bad.

gijsje170 gravatar image gijsje170  ( 2017-01-05 02:34:41 -0600 )edit

I will improve the odometry of my robot and show you the results / improvements when done.

gijsje170 gravatar image gijsje170  ( 2017-01-05 02:35:14 -0600 )edit

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