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Function logic of PR2 Odometry iterativeLeastSquares

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asked 2012-12-03 15:19:30 -0600

ChickenSoup
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updated 2016-05-17 02:38:17 -0600

Hi all,

Can someone tell what happens in "iterativeLeastSquares" method in http://mirror.umd.edu/roswiki/doc/api...

According to its description the function is used to compute the most likely solution to the odometry using iterative least squares. And, I tried understanding the code but with no luck.

If someone can give a rough idea, then I would be able to follow the code.

Thank you

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what I need to know is what the algorithm does to the individual wheel velocities and steering angles of casters to come up with the final velocity of the base. If someone can give a pointer to a research paper that would be really appreciated.

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answered 2013-02-08 22:17:10 -0600

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The "iterativeLeastSquares" function implements an iterative least squares technique to compute odometry.

It actually computes and returns x where A*x = b
x: [Vx Vy W]^T of the whole robot base i.e. Vx = odom_vel_.linear.x; Vy = odom_vel_.linear.y; W = odom_vel_.angular.z
b: [v0 0 v1 0 v2 0 v3 0]^T here v0 = wheel 0's velocity in its steering direction and the 0 = wheel 0's velocity in the direction perpendicular to its steering direction and so on.
A: the matrix that transforms x to individual wheel velocities b.

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