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  • J Judoor 0

    @wilkinsaf Okay, thanks for your reply. Sorry, that was not clear. What I mean by data for cameras is data that I can send to RTAB-Map as a sensor_msgs/CameraInfo message. There is some data in the extrinsics files for tracking, but not for other sensors.

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    @Judoor-0 Gotcha. Let me know if this doesnt answer your question.

    you can use voxl mpa to ros2: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/utilities/voxl-mpa-to-ros2
    and this will allow you to access camera frame information

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      @Judoor-0 Gotcha. Let me know if this doesnt answer your question.

      you can use voxl mpa to ros2: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/utilities/voxl-mpa-to-ros2
      and this will allow you to access camera frame information

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      @wilkinsaf Does mpa to ros do the same thing? Because I currently use ROS1. And for ROS1, mpa to ros only sends camera images or point cloud, not camera_infos.

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        @wilkinsaf Does mpa to ros do the same thing? Because I currently use ROS1. And for ROS1, mpa to ros only sends camera images or point cloud, not camera_infos.

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        @Judoor-0 @wilkinsaf

        I am working on something very similar as well and am facing the same issue.

        I need to run RTAB-MAP for SLAM using the drone's sensors (Video and IMU). But RTAB-MAP expects camera_info (the camera matrix and other variables, as explained by @Judoor-0 above) along with video data.

        One way to provide this information to RTAB-MAP is by creating a seperate publisher and publish this data over a ROS topic as done in one of the posts above. But I suspect it would be better if the voxl-mpa-to-ros package could provide the exact camera matrix and other variables (as specified here - https://docs.ros.org/en/noetic/api/sensor_msgs/html/msg/CameraInfo.html) as a ROS topic directly.

        Kindly let us know if there is any way to implement this.

        @Judoor-0, were you able to run SLAM using the stereo data from the drone? Or did you use depth data from a depth camera? The RB5 flight drone that I am using does not provide depth data directly, and hence I was thinking of using the Stereo data package within RTAB-MAP.

        Thanks!

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          @Judoor-0 @wilkinsaf

          I am working on something very similar as well and am facing the same issue.

          I need to run RTAB-MAP for SLAM using the drone's sensors (Video and IMU). But RTAB-MAP expects camera_info (the camera matrix and other variables, as explained by @Judoor-0 above) along with video data.

          One way to provide this information to RTAB-MAP is by creating a seperate publisher and publish this data over a ROS topic as done in one of the posts above. But I suspect it would be better if the voxl-mpa-to-ros package could provide the exact camera matrix and other variables (as specified here - https://docs.ros.org/en/noetic/api/sensor_msgs/html/msg/CameraInfo.html) as a ROS topic directly.

          Kindly let us know if there is any way to implement this.

          @Judoor-0, were you able to run SLAM using the stereo data from the drone? Or did you use depth data from a depth camera? The RB5 flight drone that I am using does not provide depth data directly, and hence I was thinking of using the Stereo data package within RTAB-MAP.

          Thanks!

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          @Prabhav-Gupta,

          The easiest way to do this, perhaps, is to create a python script that reads the camera calibration json and publishes a latched message via rospy. Similarly it could be done in C++ with a little more effort.. I don't think this currently exists.

          Alex

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            @Prabhav-Gupta,

            The easiest way to do this, perhaps, is to create a python script that reads the camera calibration json and publishes a latched message via rospy. Similarly it could be done in C++ with a little more effort.. I don't think this currently exists.

            Alex

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            Prabhav Gupta
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            @Alex-Kushleyev

            Yes, that is similar to what I had in mind. I will try this out.

            Thanks!

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            • P Prabhav Gupta

              @Judoor-0 @wilkinsaf

              I am working on something very similar as well and am facing the same issue.

              I need to run RTAB-MAP for SLAM using the drone's sensors (Video and IMU). But RTAB-MAP expects camera_info (the camera matrix and other variables, as explained by @Judoor-0 above) along with video data.

              One way to provide this information to RTAB-MAP is by creating a seperate publisher and publish this data over a ROS topic as done in one of the posts above. But I suspect it would be better if the voxl-mpa-to-ros package could provide the exact camera matrix and other variables (as specified here - https://docs.ros.org/en/noetic/api/sensor_msgs/html/msg/CameraInfo.html) as a ROS topic directly.

              Kindly let us know if there is any way to implement this.

              @Judoor-0, were you able to run SLAM using the stereo data from the drone? Or did you use depth data from a depth camera? The RB5 flight drone that I am using does not provide depth data directly, and hence I was thinking of using the Stereo data package within RTAB-MAP.

              Thanks!

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              @Prabhav-Gupta I didn't use the stereo data because I don't have one on my drone. I used the point cloud returned by the TOF. But I know that with RTAB-Map you can easily use stereo without depth. There are some examples that may help you in the rtabmap_ros website.

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              • J Judoor 0

                @Prabhav-Gupta I didn't use the stereo data because I don't have one on my drone. I used the point cloud returned by the TOF. But I know that with RTAB-Map you can easily use stereo without depth. There are some examples that may help you in the rtabmap_ros website.

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                Prabhav Gupta
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                @Judoor-0 Thanks a lot, I will look into it.

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                • Alex KushleyevA Alex Kushleyev

                  @Prabhav-Gupta,

                  The easiest way to do this, perhaps, is to create a python script that reads the camera calibration json and publishes a latched message via rospy. Similarly it could be done in C++ with a little more effort.. I don't think this currently exists.

                  Alex

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                  @Alex-Kushleyev

                  I was trying to create this script -

                  @Alex-Kushleyev said in Install libopencv on Starling 2:

                  The easiest way to do this, perhaps, is to create a python script that reads the camera calibration json and publishes a latched message via rospy. Similarly it could be done in C++ with a little more effort.. I don't think this currently exists.

                  and need some help.

                  I am working with the RB5 drone and found this in the /data/modalai/ folder in the drone:

                  In opencv_stereo_front_extrinsics.yml:

                  rb5:/data/modalai$ cat opencv_stereo_front_extrinsics.yml                                                                                                                                                            
                  %YAML:1.0                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                  ---                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                  R: !!opencv-matrix                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                     rows: 3                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                     cols: 3                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                     dt: d                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                     data: [ 9.9995382093423246e-01, -9.1903872613942166e-03,
                         -2.8094093711296423e-03, 9.2509466314868449e-03,
                         9.9970714036476482e-01, 2.2361875818584419e-02,
                         2.6030723098620125e-03, -2.2386832864208624e-02,
                         9.9974599460505953e-01 ]
                  T: !!opencv-matrix
                     rows: 3
                     cols: 1
                     dt: d
                     data: [ -7.9639069991921108e-02, -9.0666624431155548e-05,
                         -1.0799460870486485e-03 ]
                  reprojection_error: 2.7322523335815047e-01
                  calibration_time: "2022-04-08 23:15:23"
                  

                  and in opencv_stereo_front_intrinsics.yml:

                  rb5:/data/modalai$ cat opencv_stereo_front_intrinsics.yml
                  %YAML:1.0
                  ---
                  M1: !!opencv-matrix
                     rows: 3
                     cols: 3
                     dt: d
                     data: [ 5.0159907997903338e+02, 0., 2.9377341710319376e+02, 0.,
                         5.0083699409439379e+02, 2.3544444409742863e+02, 0., 0., 1. ]
                  D1: !!opencv-matrix
                     rows: 5
                     cols: 1
                     dt: d
                     data: [ -1.6571748643440132e-01, 6.3134583515870882e-02,
                         2.4908601395800438e-03, 6.9258577723375913e-04, 0. ]
                  reprojection_error1: 1.8877343672847582e-01
                  M2: !!opencv-matrix
                     rows: 3
                     cols: 3
                     dt: d
                     data: [ 5.0289492433892644e+02, 0., 3.1156572782508289e+02, 0.,
                         5.0234014337071841e+02, 2.4962793784523797e+02, 0., 0., 1. ]
                  D2: !!opencv-matrix
                     rows: 5
                     cols: 1
                     dt: d
                     data: [ -1.6640627389329365e-01, 6.4800083011513396e-02,
                         1.1988146735987267e-04, -6.3680006718804514e-04, 0. ]
                  reprojection_error2: 1.8906708149286014e-01
                  width: 640
                  height: 480
                  distortion_model: plumb_bob
                  calibration_time: "2022-04-08 23:15:23"
                  

                  To create the script that publishes CameraInfo, I need to figure out the information within these two files that correspond to the variables within the CameraInfo class as given here: https://docs.ros.org/en/noetic/api/sensor_msgs/html/msg/CameraInfo.html

                  sensor_msgs/CameraInfo:

                  std_msgs/Header header
                  uint32 height
                  uint32 width
                  string distortion_model
                  float64[] D
                  float64[9] K
                  float64[9] R
                  float64[12] P
                  uint32 binning_x
                  uint32 binning_y
                  sensor_msgs/RegionOfInterest roi
                  

                  Some of the variable mappings are clear, such as height, width, distortion model, R and D.

                  How do I map K and P required by CameraInfo from the Calibration files? And anything else that I should potentially look out for while doing this mapping?

                  Thanks!

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                  • P Prabhav Gupta

                    @Alex-Kushleyev

                    I was trying to create this script -

                    @Alex-Kushleyev said in Install libopencv on Starling 2:

                    The easiest way to do this, perhaps, is to create a python script that reads the camera calibration json and publishes a latched message via rospy. Similarly it could be done in C++ with a little more effort.. I don't think this currently exists.

                    and need some help.

                    I am working with the RB5 drone and found this in the /data/modalai/ folder in the drone:

                    In opencv_stereo_front_extrinsics.yml:

                    rb5:/data/modalai$ cat opencv_stereo_front_extrinsics.yml                                                                                                                                                            
                    %YAML:1.0                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                    ---                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                    R: !!opencv-matrix                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                       rows: 3                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                       cols: 3                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                       dt: d                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                       data: [ 9.9995382093423246e-01, -9.1903872613942166e-03,
                           -2.8094093711296423e-03, 9.2509466314868449e-03,
                           9.9970714036476482e-01, 2.2361875818584419e-02,
                           2.6030723098620125e-03, -2.2386832864208624e-02,
                           9.9974599460505953e-01 ]
                    T: !!opencv-matrix
                       rows: 3
                       cols: 1
                       dt: d
                       data: [ -7.9639069991921108e-02, -9.0666624431155548e-05,
                           -1.0799460870486485e-03 ]
                    reprojection_error: 2.7322523335815047e-01
                    calibration_time: "2022-04-08 23:15:23"
                    

                    and in opencv_stereo_front_intrinsics.yml:

                    rb5:/data/modalai$ cat opencv_stereo_front_intrinsics.yml
                    %YAML:1.0
                    ---
                    M1: !!opencv-matrix
                       rows: 3
                       cols: 3
                       dt: d
                       data: [ 5.0159907997903338e+02, 0., 2.9377341710319376e+02, 0.,
                           5.0083699409439379e+02, 2.3544444409742863e+02, 0., 0., 1. ]
                    D1: !!opencv-matrix
                       rows: 5
                       cols: 1
                       dt: d
                       data: [ -1.6571748643440132e-01, 6.3134583515870882e-02,
                           2.4908601395800438e-03, 6.9258577723375913e-04, 0. ]
                    reprojection_error1: 1.8877343672847582e-01
                    M2: !!opencv-matrix
                       rows: 3
                       cols: 3
                       dt: d
                       data: [ 5.0289492433892644e+02, 0., 3.1156572782508289e+02, 0.,
                           5.0234014337071841e+02, 2.4962793784523797e+02, 0., 0., 1. ]
                    D2: !!opencv-matrix
                       rows: 5
                       cols: 1
                       dt: d
                       data: [ -1.6640627389329365e-01, 6.4800083011513396e-02,
                           1.1988146735987267e-04, -6.3680006718804514e-04, 0. ]
                    reprojection_error2: 1.8906708149286014e-01
                    width: 640
                    height: 480
                    distortion_model: plumb_bob
                    calibration_time: "2022-04-08 23:15:23"
                    

                    To create the script that publishes CameraInfo, I need to figure out the information within these two files that correspond to the variables within the CameraInfo class as given here: https://docs.ros.org/en/noetic/api/sensor_msgs/html/msg/CameraInfo.html

                    sensor_msgs/CameraInfo:

                    std_msgs/Header header
                    uint32 height
                    uint32 width
                    string distortion_model
                    float64[] D
                    float64[9] K
                    float64[9] R
                    float64[12] P
                    uint32 binning_x
                    uint32 binning_y
                    sensor_msgs/RegionOfInterest roi
                    

                    Some of the variable mappings are clear, such as height, width, distortion model, R and D.

                    How do I map K and P required by CameraInfo from the Calibration files? And anything else that I should potentially look out for while doing this mapping?

                    Thanks!

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                    ModalAI Team
                    wrote on last edited by
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                    @Prabhav-Gupta ,

                    K is your M1 and M2 matrices for both cameras (3x3 Intrinsic camera matrix)

                    The link you shared has information how to compute the P matrix. I am not sure if it would be used by your application though.

                    Alex

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                    • Alex KushleyevA Alex Kushleyev

                      @Prabhav-Gupta ,

                      K is your M1 and M2 matrices for both cameras (3x3 Intrinsic camera matrix)

                      The link you shared has information how to compute the P matrix. I am not sure if it would be used by your application though.

                      Alex

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                      @Alex-Kushleyev,

                      Cool, Thanks a lot!

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