a very simple question about Control Input in SLAM
I recently began to learn SLAM. I read about the materials written by Hough Durrant Whyte, in which it states that the Control Input U is assumed already known. I wonder where the Control Input U come from. The Complete statement is as following:
The definition of SLAM problem
No information about m is provided
The initial location x0 is assumed known (the origin)
The sequence of control actions Uk is given
Build the Map m
At the same time inferences about the locations of the vehicle Xk
Recognise that the two inference problems are coupled.
Isn't the Control Input U is one output of the Kalman filter? If not, where does it come from?
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