This filter removes laser readings that are most likely caused by the veiling effect when the edge of an object is being scanned. (pointcloud. As of laser_pipeline 0.4.0. The laser_geometry package provides two functions to convert a scan into a point cloud: projectLaser and transformLaserScanToPointCloud. These points are "removed" by setting the corresponding range value to NaN which is assumed to be an error case. Converts a 3D Point Cloud into a 2D laser scan. img = struct with fields: MessageType: 'sensor_msgs/Image' Header: [1x1 struct] Height: 480 Width: 640 Encoding: 'rgb8' IsBigendian: 0 Step: 1920 Data: [921600x1 uint8].. can bus resistance too low. The scan_to_cloud_filter_chain is a very minimal node which wraps an instances of filters::FilterChain<sensor_msgs::LaserScan> and filters::FilterChain<sensor_msgs::PointCloud>. Using these nodes to run your filters is considered best practice, since it allows multiple nodes to consume the output while only performing the filtering computation once. NOTE: in both service calls the number of points in the returned point cloud is capped by the size of the assembler's rolling buffer. laser-based SLAM). Topic on which to receive a stream of sensor_msgs/PointCloud messages. Check out the ROS 2 Documentation, Provides nodes to assemble point clouds from either LaserScan or PointCloud messages. target_frame (str, default: none) - If provided, transform the pointcloud into this frame before converting to a laser scan. If you're trying to create a virtual laserscan from your RGBD device, and your sensor is forward-facing, you'll find depthimage_to_laserscan will be much more straightforward and efficient since it operates on image data instead of bulky pointclouds. Wiki: pointcloud_to_laserscan (last edited 2015-08-03 15:19:03 by PaulBovbel), Except where otherwise noted, the ROS wiki is licensed under the, https://kforge.ros.org/turtlebot/turtlebot, https://github.com/robotictang/eddiebot.git, https://github.com/ros-perception/perception_pcl/issues, https://github.com/ros-perception/perception_pcl.git, https://github.com/ros-perception/pointcloud_to_laserscan.git, Maintainer: Paul Bovbel , Author: Paul Bovbel , Tully Foote, Maintainer: Paul Bovbel , Michel Hidalgo . node subscribes to the service of What should be the code of such a node? The point_cloud_assembler looks very similar to the laser_scan_assembler, except that the projection step is skipped, since the input clouds are already in Cartesian coordinates. Input queue size for pointclouds is tied to this parameter. Just the actual ones, but not as polar coordinates. 6 * 7 8 9 10 * 11 After this I ended up running the node alone using the package without using the launch file. After performing the laser filtering, it will use the LaserProjection from laser_geometry to transform each scan into a point cloud. This is the recommended means of transformation for tilting laser scanners or moving robots. As you can see in the following screenshot, the laserscan data published as a pointcloud are correct, while the messages published as laserscan messages are wrong / moving around. [Required] The list of cloud filters to load. This node can be used to run any filter in this package on an incoming laser scan. ROS package able to assemble sensor_msgs::LaserScan and publish sensor_msgs::PointCloud2 using spherical linear interpolation (interpolation optional and number of TFs to use customizable).. Properly setup the row_step. Clouds in the rolling buffer are then assembled on service calls. This filter removes outliers in a sensor_msgs/LaserScan. For any measurement in the scan which is invalid, the interpolation comes up with a measurement which is an interpolation between the surrounding good values. Perhaps you are running Groovy? This approach assumes that the laser scanner is moving while capturing laser scans. Go to the documentation of this file. pointcloud_to_laserscancloneROS2 catkin_ws/srcclonecatkin_make git clone -b lunar-devel https://github.com/ros-perception/pointcloud_to_laserscan.git launch target_frame: base_link transform_tolerance: 0.01 min_height: 0.0 max_height: 1.0 These scans are processed by the Projector and Transformer, which project the scan into Cartesian space and then transform it into the fixed_frame. Published Topics scan ( sensor_msgs/msg/LaserScan) - The laser scan computed from the depth image. In nodelet form, number of threads is capped by the nodelet manager configuration. Are you using ROS 2 (Dashing/Foxy/Rolling)? publishes on a topic as a single A large part of the laser_assembler's ROS API was deprecated. launch file of that package, I Request a cloud with scans occurring between the start of time and now. A target_frame for which a transform must exist at the current time before the filter_chain will be executed. pointcloud_to_laserscan_nodelet.cpp. Otherwise, laser scan will be generated in the same frame as the input point cloud. angle_increment, pointcloud. Regards. A simple converter node is available via the hector_laserscan_to_pointcloud package. from sensor_msgs. However, if your sensor is angled, or you have some other esoteric use case, you may find this node to be very helpful! The primary content of the laser_filters package is a number of general purpose filters for processing sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages. This results in a sensor_msgs/PointCloud that can be added to the rolling buffer. This is probably due to you not providing pointcloud_to_laserscan with a target frame. The lasers are transformed and merged into a given TF frame and the assembler can use an auxiliary frame as recovery (allows to assemble frames in the map frame and when this frame becomes unavailable, it uses the laser->odom TF and the last odom->map TF). PCL Provides a point cloud encoding of a LiDAR scan. (0 or 1), 0: Range based filtering (distance between consecutive points), 1: Euclidean filtering based on radius outlier search, Only ranges smaller than this range are taken into account. transformLaserScanToPointCloud () is slower but more precise. This will launch a pointcloud_to_laserscan node that will immediately start converting and outputting data on the /scan topic. This can be achieved with a target frame_id that includes motion estimation within the TF chain or with a separate TF chain using the motion_estimation_source_frame_id and motion_estimation_target_frame_id parameters. Camera frames are differently oriented ( http://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0103.html. Note that the Transformer automatically receives tf data without any user intervention. namespace pointcloud_to_laserscan { PointCloudToLaserScanNode::PointCloudToLaserScanNode ( const rclcpp::NodeOptions & options) : rclcpp::Node ( "pointcloud_to_laserscan", options) { target_frame_ = this -> declare_parameter ( "target_frame", "" ); tolerance_ = this -> declare_parameter ( "transform_tolerance", 0.01 ); The ROS Wiki is for ROS 1. The coordinates x,y,z can be computed from the sensor pose (position and orientation, which are defined by the tf frame stored in the header), the angle_min, the angle_increment, the range from ranges [] and its position in ranges []. Make sure to use both parameters ( range_filter_chain and intensity_filter_chain ). It should be pretty straightforward to use and do what you request. angle_min, pointcloud. But it only gets new points after about 4sec. Further, the PointCloud2 type is easily converted back and forth to PCL point clouds, granting access to a great number of open-source point cloud processing algorithms. Correct distortion of sensor_msgs::LaserScan, Merge laser scans from several sensors into a single point cloud, Merge laser scans from a laser scan that is mounted in a tilting platform. spin Copy lines Subscribed Topics Are you sure you want to create this branch? If use_message_range_limits is true, the range within the laserscan message is used. Stop storing {min,max}_range in the Node classes. This filter removes points in a sensor_msgs/LaserScan inside of certain angular bounds. The number of scans to store in the assembler's rolling buffer. If true, pretend that all hits in a single scan correspond to the same tf transforms. Please review the filters documentation for an overview of how filters and filter chains are intended to work. This filter removes all measurements from the sensor_msgs/LaserScan which are greater than upper_threshold or less than lower_threshold. Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/ros-melodic-pointcloud-to-laserscan.git (read-only, click to copy) : Package Base: ros-melodic-pointcloud-to-laserscan . pointcloud_to_laserscan::PointCloudToLaserScanNode configured and my own node, My ros-humble-pointcloud-to-laserscan 0 1 0 536 253 kB This is the target_frame internally passed to the tf::MessageFilter. ROS 2 pointcloud <-> laserscan converters This is a ROS 2 package that provides components to convert sensor_msgs/msg/PointCloud2 messages to sensor_msgs/msg/LaserScan messages and back. Hi Stefan There are two filter methods that are available for this filter. pointcloud_to_laserscan - ROS Wiki melodic noetic Documentation Status (9) Used by (1) Jenkins jobs Package Summary Released Continuous Integration: 1 / 1 Documented Converts a 3D Point Cloud into a 2D laser scan. That is the one that will provide the point cloud on its answer. Rviz robot model will not open via script, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0, I create a package that will I know there is a package called laser_assembler which should do this. This filter internally makes use of the the filters implementation of float-array filters. The scan_to_cloud_filter_chain is a very minimal node which wraps an instances of filters::FilterChain and filters::FilterChain. If this parameter is not set, the chain will simply be executed immediately upon the arrival of each new scan. Some initial code was pulled from the defunct turtlebot pointcloud_to_laserscan implementation. This package provides two nodes that can run multiple filters internally. The nodes are minimal wrappers around filter chains of the given type. I have created a video describing step by step and code solution. NOTE: For laser_pipeline releases < 0.5.0, this service is called build_cloud. Defaults to false, Use this value for all measurements . If the perpendicular angle is less than a particular min or greater than a particular max, we remove all neighbors further away than that point. Number of threads to use for processing pointclouds. ros pcl sensor::pointcloud2 pcl::pointcloud ros PCL pointcloud2 pointcloud > ROSsensor_msgs::ImagePtrsensor_msgs::Image [PointCloud] GICP []ROS RVIZLaserscanPointCloud ROS () PointCloud2Rviz ROS . Whether or not to write an intensity histogram to standard out. rospy. pointcloud_to_laserscan::PointCloudToLaserScanNode These points are "removed" by setting the corresponding range value to range_max + 1, which is assumed to be an error case. Use the range_min and range_max values from the laserscan message as threshold. Converts a 3D Point Cloud into a 2D laser scan. pointcloud_to_laserscan::PointCloudToLaserScanNode The number of point clouds to store in the assembler's rolling buffer. The code shows how to subscribe to the assemble_scans2 service. Filter chains are configured from the parameter server. Note that the type should be specified as pkg_name/FilterClass as the matching behavior of the filters implementation before lunar is not necessarily matching the exact name, if only the FilterClass is used. Parameters. The laser_assembler package provides nodes that listen to streams of scans and then assemble them into a larger 3D Cartesian coordinate (XYZ) point cloud. This node assembles a stream of these sensor_msgs/PointCloud messages into larger point clouds. basically, the while loop what it does is, first, call to the service, then publish the answer of the service into a topic. Launch an assembler operating on tilt_scan sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages in the base_link frame, with a buffer of 400 scans.sensor_msgs/LaserScan. SCAN Provides a 2D LaserScan from the closest to 0-degree azimuth ring. It extracts the range and intensity values and treats each as an independent float array passed through an internal filter chain. The launch file above also launches a second node that is the one you have to create to get the data and publish it into your selected topic. The laser_scan_assembler and point_cloud_assembler both provide the assemble_scans service, which is documented below. This is useful for making devices like the Kinect appear like a laser scanner for 2D-based algorithms (e.g. These filters are exported as plugins designed to work with with the filters package. This node can be used to run any filter in this package on an incoming laser scan. Laser Rangefinder sensors (such as Hokuyo's UTM-30LX) generally output a stream of scans, where each scan is a set of range readings of detected objects (in polar coordinates) in the plane of the sensor. Check the following: The code shows how to subscribe to the assemble_scans2 service. Using Python to do the conversion simplifies a lot. Add explicit, final, and override to classes where appropriate. I have a problem with the ROS laserscan messages published by Isaac Sim. In that case I'd suggest to just to that manually in the code, unless that is something that you cannot change and needs pointcloud input. As imaging radar begins to approach the point density of these sensors, it makes sense to convert to this native ROS message type for use with existing perception stacks. The available data processors are: IMG Provides 8-bit image topics encoding the noise, range, intensity, and reflectivitiy from a scan. A tag already exists with the provided branch name. If so, you will need to use depthimage_to_laserscan instead. The size of the image is stored in the Width and Height properties. Check out the ROS 2 Documentation. I found it best to explicitly keep the target_frame the same as the frame of the input PointCloud2 data. In case you are interested, you can find it here. Intensity value below which readings will be dropped. They expect a parameter which is a list made up of repeating blocks of filter configurations. Please check the FAQ for common problems, or open an issue if still unsolved. Are you using ROS 2 (Dashing/Foxy/Rolling)? laser-based SLAM). pointcloud_to_laserscan (kinetic) - 1.3.0-1. msg import GoalStatus: class AdaptiveClbfNode . It is essentially a port of the original ROS 1 package. Check out the ROS 2 Documentation. I need to convert the Laserscanner data from my Hokuyo Laser Range Finder into a PointCloud. queue_size (double, default: detected number of cores) - Input laser scan queue size. [Required] The frame to transform the point_cloud into. The API reference for the deprecated API is available on the laser_assembler-0.3.0 page. To perform spherical linear interpolation it is necessary to estimate the sensor movement within the time of the first and last laser scan (using TF transforms). Published Topics scan ( sensor_msgs/LaserScan) - The laserscan that results from taking one line of the pointcloud. Stop storing view_ {direction,width} in the Node classes. Topic on which to receive a stream of sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages. These points are "removed" by setting the corresponding range value to range_max + 1, which is assumed to be an error case. Users interface with the laser_assembler package via two ROS nodes: laser_scan_assembler: Assembles a stream of sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages into point clouds, point_cloud_assembler: Sometimes due to some pre-processing, laser scans have already been converted into cartesian coordinates as sensor_msgs/PointCloud messages. Default: NaN, Use this value for all measurements >upper_threshold. Users interface with the laser_assembler package via two ROS nodes: laser_scan_assembler: Assembles a stream of sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages into point clouds point_cloud_assembler: Sometimes due to some pre-processing, laser scans have already been converted into cartesian coordinates as sensor_msgs/PointCloud messages. This node can be used to run any filter in this package on an incoming laser scan. msg import LaserScan: from adaptive_clbf import AdaptiveClbf: from actionlib_msgs. Parameters The LaserScan object is an implementation of the sensor_msgs/LaserScan message type in ROS. The main interaction with the assemblers is via ROS services. High fidelity transform works only correctly, if the target frame is set to a fixed frame. Do you need a single scan as points or multiple merged ones? This allows them to be specified in a configuration file which can be loaded into an arbitrary filter_chain templated on a sensor_msgs/LaserScan. It is essentially a port of the original ROS 1 package. Many Git commands accept both tag and branch names, so creating this branch may cause unexpected behavior. If provided, transform the pointcloud into this frame before converting to a laser scan. Each laser filter is a separate plugin exported by the laser_filters package. PointCloud2 message. A nested filter chain description, describing an appropriate chain of MultiChannelMedianFilterFloat type filters. Please start posting anonymously - your entry will be published after you log in or create a new account. which use the sensor_msgs/LaserScan type. Converting a single scan is rather simple. For any two points p_1 and p_2, we do this by computing the perpendicular angle. laserscan_to_pointcloud. It can publish point clouds after a given number of laser scans has been assemble or at regular intervals (these parameters can be changed dynamically through dynamic_reconfigure or by analyzing nav_msgs::Odometry | sensor_msgs::Imu | geometry_msgs::Twist). basically, the while loop what it does is, first, call to the service, then publish the answer of the service into a topic. Convert ROS sensor_msgs to Caffe blob input. To access points in Cartesian coordinates, use readCartesian. ). These points are "removed" by setting the corresponding range value to NaN, which is assumed to be an error case or lower_replacement_value/upper_replacement_value. Distance: max distance between consecutive points - RadiusOutlier: max distance between points, Wiki: laser_filters (last edited 2021-06-17 06:44:01 by TullyFoote), Except where otherwise noted, the ROS wiki is licensed under the, https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/laser_pipeline/tags/laser_pipeline-1.2.0, https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/laser_pipeline/branches/laser_pipeline-1.2, https://github.com/ros-perception/laser_pipeline.git, https://github.com/ros-perception/laser_filters.git, scan_to_scan_filter_chain (new in laser_pipeline-0.5), matching behavior of the filters implementation before lunar, Maintainer: Jon Binney , Maintainer: Jon Binney . The code also shows that the point cloud will be published on a topic of type PoinCloud2. It can publish point clouds after a given number of laser scans has been assemble or at regular intervals (these parameters can be changed dynamically through dynamic_reconfigure . Remove organize_cloud, fixed_frame, and target_frame configs. Many robotic systems, like PR2's tilting laser platform, articulate a laser rangefinder in order to get a 3D view of the world. This only happens when the rotation rate of the lidar is not zero. # Allow ROS to go to all callbacks. The ROS Wiki is for ROS 1. Then you could just write a simple node that does the conversion. Whether to perform a high fidelity transform. projectLaser () is simple and fast. If false, individually transform each hit to the fixed_frame (this is a fairly cpu intensive operation). Consult the documentation for the particular filter plugin to see what variables may be set in the params field. The scan_to_scan_filter_chain applies a series of filters to a sensor_msgs/LaserScan. Definition at line 62 of file pointcloud_to_laserscan_nodelet.h. The individual filters configurations contain a name which is used for debugging purposes, a type which is used to locate the plugin, and a params which is a dictionary of additional variables. Pointcloud_to_laserscan projects the pointcloud onto the x-y plane, so if the camera frame is used, the laserscan will end up 'vertical'. the laser_assembler that provides 00001 /* 00002 * Software License Agreement (BSD License) 00003 * 00004 * Copyright (c . The object contains meta-information about the message and the laser scan data. The ROS API of this package is considered stable. ROS package to convert and assemble LaserScans to PointCloud2. This filter removes all measurements from the sensor_msgs/LaserScan which have an intensity greater than upper_threshold or less than lower_threshold. Are you using ROS 2 (Dashing/Foxy/Rolling)? launch the laser_assembler properly That is the one that will provide the point cloud on its answer. These should almost always be specified in a .yaml file to be pushed to the parameter server. This filter removes points in a sensor_msgs/LaserScan inside of a cartesian box. Resolution of laser scan in radians per ray. ERROR: cannot launch node of type [pointcloud_to_laserscan/nodelet]: can't locate node [nodelet] in package [pointcloud_to_laserscan] But the alterations I did were correct to my knowlege. You can instantiate a laser filter into a filter_chain in C++ (example), or you can use the scan_to_scan_filter_chain and scan_to_cloud_filter_chain nodes which contain appropriate filter chains internally (example). You can extract the ranges and angles using the Ranges property and the readScanAngles function. Note that if you delete the target_frame line or leave that parameter blank, you may get errors like I did. pointcloud_to_laserscan: pointcloud_to_laserscan_nodelet.cpp Source File pointcloud_to_laserscan_nodelet.cpp Go to the documentation of this file. LaserScan assumes that all points are in a plane, namely the XY plane of the sensor coordinate system. It will then run any cloud-based filtering, and finally publish the resultant cloud. I will appreciate any kind of help! angle_max-pointcloud. handle all the logic, On the For visualization in rviz, just use a LaserScan display. The cache time (seconds) to store past transforms. The laser_geometry package has the core functions for doing this: http://wiki.ros.org/laser_geometry. It seems ROS is having trouble running the pointcloud_to_laserscan node. [Required] The list of laser filters to load. Hi, I have been playing around with the laser_assembler package and managed to make it work for assembling several laser scans into a single point cloud, and publish that point cloud on a topic. We don't foresee making any large changes to laser_assembler anytime soon. Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/ros-noetic-pointcloud-to-laserscan.git (read-only, click to copy) : Package Base: ros-noetic-pointcloud-to-laserscan Description: This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. I know, I can visualize just the laserscan topic in Rviz. This is useful for making devices like the Kinect appear like a laser scanner for 2D-based algorithms (e.g. Assorted filters designed to operate on 2D planar laser scanners, link Comments There's a launch file in the test directory, but this one didnt what i expected. In this tutorial you will learn how to assemble individual laser scan lines into a composite point cloud. Definition at line 62 of file pointcloud_to_laserscan_nodelet.h. 1 2 * Software License Agreement (BSD License) 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Willow Garage, Inc. 5 * All rights reserved. Each filter specified in the chain will be applied in order. But I need them as a pointcloud. The minimum height to sample in the point cloud in meters. LaserScan Messages make it easy for code to work with virtually any laser as long as the data coming back from the scanner can be formatted to fit into the message. Assorted filters designed to operate on 2D planar laser scanners, Class to process incoming pointclouds into laserscans. The general data flow can be descibed as follows: The laser_scan_assembler subscribes to sensor_msgs/LaserScan messages on the scan topic. If disabled, report infinite range (no obstacle) as. angle_increment) . I need them as Cartesian coordinates. The code also shows that the point cloud will be published on a topic of type PoinCloud2. depth ( sensor_msgs/msg/Image) - The depth image. xyz = readXYZ(pcloud) extracts the [x y z] coordinates . Many Git commands accept both tag and branch names, so creating this branch may cause unexpected behavior. Some initial code was pulled from the defunct turtlebot pointcloud_to_laserscan implementation. Class to process incoming pointclouds into laserscans. What I need is a launch file, which converts the laserscanners topic /scan to a pointcloud topic /scan_pointcloud for example, so I can visualize it in Rviz as a first step. It makes uses of tf and the sensor_msgs/LaserScan time increment to transform each individual ray appropriately. service, gets the response, and then The ROS Wiki is for ROS 1. At the moment all of these filters run directly on sensor_msgs/LaserScan, but filters may be added in the future which process sensor_msgs/PointCloud instead. I don't need merged ones. These points are "removed" by setting the corresponding range value to NaN. which use the sensor_msgs/LaserScan type. Default: NaN. point clouds, Then it calls the Make sure to install the header files for laserscan and pointcloud. Let's see how to do that using the laser_geometry package. The pointcloud_to_laserscan package was released. This filter removes points in a sensor_msgs/LaserScan outside of certain angular bounds by changing the minimum and maximum angle. The scan_to_cloud_filter_chain first applies a series of filters to a sensor_msgs/LaserScan, transforms it into a sensor_msgs/PointCloud, and then applies a series of filters to the sensor_msgs/PointCloud. It is essentially a port of the original ROS 1 package. hector_laserscan_to_pointcloud Converts LIDAR data to pointcloud, optionally performing high fidelity projection and removing scan shadow/veiling points in the process About IMU Provides a data stream from the LiDAR's integral IMU. The latter is what laser_assembler does. Velodyne ROS 2 pointcloud to laserscan converter This is a ROS 2 package that takes pointcloud data as output by one of the velodyne_pointcloud nodes and converts it to a single laserscan. ROS 2 pointcloud <-> laserscan converters This is a ROS 2 package that provides components to convert sensor_msgs/msg/PointCloud2 messages to sensor_msgs/msg/LaserScan messages and back. This is useful for making devices like the Kinect appear like a laser scanner for 2D-based algorithms (e.g. Launch an assembler operating on my_cloud_in sensor_msgs/PointCloud messages in the base_link frame, with a buffer of 400 scans. ROS sends the actual image data using a vector in the Data property. It does not change the frame of your data. Another parameter is the max_scans which indicates the max number of last scans that will be take into account for the computation of the point cloud ( this is useful in case your laser is rotating, so you can generate a full 3D cloud). The LaserScan Message For robots with laser scanners, ROS provides a special Message type in the sensor_msgs package called LaserScan to hold information about a given scan. Ok, I managed to run the assembler and the periodic snapshotter. To convert the laser scan to a point cloud (in a different frame), we'll use the laser_geometry::LaserProjector class (from the laser_geometry package). Here a suggested launch file: That file launches the laser_geometry package indicating that the frame from which the transform will be done is the my_robot_link_base (that is whatever tf link of your robot you want the point cloud to be refered from). I cant find this package on http://www.ros.org/browse/list.php , how can I incorporate this package to my hydro ros? Otherwise, laser scan will be generated in the same frame as the input point cloud. Subscribed Topics depth_camera_info ( sensor_msgs/msg/CameraInfo) - The camera info. img. The only requirement is the rototranslation between the virtual laser scanner and the base frame to be known to TF. But i can't manage to make it working. If you are not running Groovy, please post back so we can try to debug this some more. A ROS 2 driver to convert a depth image to a laser scan for use with navigation and localization. Wiki: laser_assembler (last edited 2013-09-12 21:03:30 by DanLazewatsky), Except where otherwise noted, the ROS wiki is licensed under the, https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/laser_pipeline/tags/laser_pipeline-1.2.0, https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/laser_pipeline/branches/laser_pipeline-1.2, https://github.com/ros-perception/laser_pipeline.git, https://github.com/ros-perception/laser_assembler.git, How to assemble laser scan lines into a composite point cloud, Maintainer: David Gossow , Maintainer: Jonathan Binney . Laserscan_virtualizer allows to easily and dynamically (rqt_reconfifure) generate virtual laser scans from a pointcloud such as the one generated by a multiple scanning plane laser scanner, e.g., a velodyne scanner). ROS 2 pointcloud <-> laserscan converters This is a ROS 2 package that provides components to convert sensor_msgs/msg/PointCloud2 messages to sensor_msgs/msg/LaserScan messages and back. ROS package able to assemble sensor_msgs::LaserScan and publish sensor_msgs::PointCloud2 using spherical linear interpolation (interpolation optional and number of TFs to use customizable). The maximum height to sample in the point cloud in meters. One particular use case is to assemble individual scan lines from a laser on a tilting stage into a single point cloud to form a full 3D laser sweep. If the ~tf_message_filter_target_frame parameter is set, it will wait for the transform between the laser and the target_frame to be available before running the filter chain. This answer would be much more useful if you provided a minimal working example of your launch files/code. You signed in with another tab or window. In a later approach I have to detect circles in the pointcloud, thats why I need Cartesian coordinates. Same API as node, available as pointcloud_to_laserscan/pointcloud_to_laserscan_nodelet. laser-based SLAM). 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