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  • KrisK Offline
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    Kris
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    Hello, I am trying to reconfigure one of the Seeker's stereo image sensors to be used for VIO instead of the tracking image sensor. I found the documentation on ModalAi's website, but it does not explain how to do this. Could someone please help me out with this?
    VIO.png

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    • KrisK Kris

      Hello, I am trying to reconfigure one of the Seeker's stereo image sensors to be used for VIO instead of the tracking image sensor. I found the documentation on ModalAi's website, but it does not explain how to do this. Could someone please help me out with this?
      VIO.png

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      I was thinking that reconfiguring this would be located in the camera configuration, but there isn’t a “ TOF + Stereo “ option here.
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      • Chad SweetC Offline
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        Chad Sweet
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        You are trying to configure the extrinsic parameters. See configure extrinsics for more information

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        • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

          You are trying to configure the extrinsic parameters. See configure extrinsics for more information

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          Kris
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          @Chad-Sweet
          Thank you for the response.
          I’m just a little confused on where I should make the changes for this kind of setup in the extrinsics.
          Should I replace the #0 and #1 child to stereo_r or stereo_l ?
          Or should I add a #8 to the file with parent as body and child as one of the stereo sensors?
          Could you please show me an example or template that I can look at to make sure I’m setting this up correctly?
          Thank you.

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          • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

            You are trying to configure the extrinsic parameters. See configure extrinsics for more information

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            @Chad-Sweet
            Here are my extrinsics parameters from factory.

            voxl:~$ voxl-inspect-extrinsics
            #0:
                parent:                imu0
                child:                 tracking
                T_child_wrt_parent:    0.014   0.005   0.005 
                RPY_parent_to_child: -45.0     0.0     0.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     1.000  -0.000   0.000 
                                       0.000   0.707   0.707 
                                      -0.000  -0.707   0.707 
            #1:
                parent:                imu1
                child:                 tracking
                T_child_wrt_parent:   -0.034   0.030   0.005 
                RPY_parent_to_child: -45.0     0.0     0.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     1.000  -0.000   0.000 
                                       0.000   0.707   0.707 
                                      -0.000  -0.707   0.707 
            #2:
                parent:                body
                child:                 imu0
                T_child_wrt_parent:    0.050  -0.015   0.016 
                RPY_parent_to_child:   0.0    90.0    90.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     0.000  -0.000   1.000 
                                       1.000   0.000  -0.000 
                                      -0.000   1.000   0.000 
            #3:
                parent:                body
                child:                 imu1
                T_child_wrt_parent:    0.046   0.033  -0.013 
                RPY_parent_to_child:   0.0    90.0    90.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     0.000  -0.000   1.000 
                                       1.000   0.000  -0.000 
                                      -0.000   1.000   0.000 
            #4:
                parent:                body
                child:                 stereo_l
                T_child_wrt_parent:    0.055  -0.040   0.000 
                RPY_parent_to_child:   0.0    90.0    90.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     0.000  -0.000   1.000 
                                       1.000   0.000  -0.000 
                                      -0.000   1.000   0.000 
            #5:
                parent:                body
                child:                 ground
                T_child_wrt_parent:    0.000   0.000   0.045 
                RPY_parent_to_child:   0.0     0.0     0.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     1.000  -0.000   0.000 
                                       0.000   1.000  -0.000 
                                       0.000   0.000   1.000 
            #6:
                parent:                imu1
                child:                 imu0
                T_child_wrt_parent:   -0.048   0.037   0.002 
                RPY_parent_to_child:   0.0     0.0     0.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     1.000  -0.000   0.000 
                                       0.000   1.000  -0.000 
                                       0.000   0.000   1.000 
            #7:
                parent:                body
                child:                 tof
                T_child_wrt_parent:    0.055   0.000   0.000 
                RPY_parent_to_child:   0.0    90.0   -90.0  
                R_child_to_parent:     0.000   0.000   1.000 
                                      -1.000   0.000  -0.000 
                                      -0.000  -1.000   0.000 
            
            
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              #6

              Here is my voxl-qvio-server.conf parameters.

              {                                                                                         
                      "imu_name":     "imu1",                                                                                                                     
                      "cam_name":     "tracking",                                                       
                      "lens_cal_path":        "/data/modalai/opencv_tracking_intrinsics.yml",           
                      "cam_extrinsics_name":  "tracking",                                               
                      "use_second_cam_if_stereo":     false,                                            
                      "odr_hz":       30,                                                               
                      "use_camera_height_bootstrap":  true,                                             
                      "camera_height_off_ground_m":   0.085000000894069672,                             
                      "enable_init_while_moving":     false,                                            
                      "cam_imu_timeshift_s":  -0.0020000000949949026,                                   
                      "cam_imu_timeshift_s_uncertainty":      0.0010000000474974513,                    
                      "T_cam_wrt_imu_uncertainty":    [0.00050000002374872565, 0.00050000002374872565, 0
                      "R_cam_to_imu_uncertainty":     [0.00499999988824129, 0.00499999988824129, 0.00499
                      "accl_fsr_ms2": 156,                                                              
                      "gyro_fsr_rad": 34,                                                               
                      "accl_noise_std_dev":   0.31600001454353333,                                      
                      "gyro_noise_std_dev":   0.00999999977648258,                                      
                      "cam_noise_std_dev":    100,                                                      
                      "min_std_pixel_noise":  0.5,                                                      
                      "fail_high_pixel_noise_points": 1.6650999784469604,                               
                      "limited_imu_bw_trigger":       25,                                               
                      "gps_imu_time_alignment_s":     0,                                                
                      "T_gps_wrt_imu":        [0, 0, 0],                                                
                      "enable_mapping":       true,                                                     
                      "enable_gps_vel":       false,                                                    
                      "show_extra_points_on_overlay": false,                                            
                      "en_auto_reset":        true,                                                     
                      "auto_reset_max_velocity":      10,                                               
                      "auto_reset_max_v_cov_instant": 0.10000000149011612,                              
                      "auto_reset_max_v_cov": 0.00999999977648258,                                      
                      "auto_reset_max_v_cov_timeout_s":       0.5,                                      
                      "auto_reset_min_features":      3,                                                
                      "auto_reset_min_feature_timeout_s":     1                                         
              }                                                                                        
              

              Not sure how to set this up.
              Should I name my "cam_name" to stereo_r or stereo instead of tracking?
              If so, the "lens_cal_path" should be changed to "/data/modalai/opencv_stereo_intrinsics.yml" right?
              Or should I enable the "use_second_cam_if_stereo" option to true instead of false?

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                • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

                  You are trying to configure the extrinsic parameters. See configure extrinsics for more information

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                  Kris
                  Regular
                  wrote on last edited by Kris
                  #8

                  @Chad-Sweet
                  Could I please get some help with this setup procedure?
                  I have read through the configure extrinsic instructions, but it does not explain how to setup one of the stereo cameras for VIO.

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                  • Steve TurnerS Offline
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                    Steve Turner
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                    Use cam name = "stereo" and there should be an option for using either the left or right stereo camera.

                    As Chad pointed out you will need to also configure extrinsics if they aren't already for the stereo camera.
                    https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/services/voxl-qvio-server/-/blob/master/server/config_file.h#L155

                    I have a PR to fix an issue with using a stereo camera here with the QVIO Server: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/services/voxl-qvio-server/-/merge_requests/10 that you will need as well I believe.

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