Attempt to improve odometry using Opticalflow(&rangefinder)
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Hey @Eric-Katzfey, @James-Strawson @Tom-Kaufmann,
I've been using Starling for quite a while. Congratulations on a great product.
One of the things I noticed was that when using voxl-mapper for a significant time (like 15mins), the accumulated drift becomes a serious issue. I want to try and reduce the accumulated drift.An option to solve this issue is to use an OpticalFlow/Rangefinder with an external FC. I have completed this setup successfully. I can use my MAV in position mode with the fused odometry without issues. VOA works as well.
I know from the docs and GitLab that voxl-mapper takes 2 inputs whub_body_wrt_fixed and tof. Is there a way to pass the fused odometry instead of whub_body_wrt_fixed? [ I want the mapper to use this data instead of whub_body_wrt_fixed]. The message type of the fused odometry is nav_msgs/Odometry.
- Will I need to modify the voxl-mavlink-server to achieve this?
- How do I get the mapper to use the fused odometry data?
- How do I synchronize these new position estimates and the pointcloud?
I'm currently working on this project. So any suggestions or ideas will be instantly implemented, tested and reported back. i hope to hear from you.
Thank you
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Hey @Eric-Katzfey, @James-Strawson @Tom-Kaufmann,
I've been using Starling for quite a while. Congratulations on a great product.
One of the things I noticed was that when using voxl-mapper for a significant time (like 15mins), the accumulated drift becomes a serious issue. I want to try and reduce the accumulated drift.An option to solve this issue is to use an OpticalFlow/Rangefinder with an external FC. I have completed this setup successfully. I can use my MAV in position mode with the fused odometry without issues. VOA works as well.
I know from the docs and GitLab that voxl-mapper takes 2 inputs whub_body_wrt_fixed and tof. Is there a way to pass the fused odometry instead of whub_body_wrt_fixed? [ I want the mapper to use this data instead of whub_body_wrt_fixed]. The message type of the fused odometry is nav_msgs/Odometry.
- Will I need to modify the voxl-mavlink-server to achieve this?
- How do I get the mapper to use the fused odometry data?
- How do I synchronize these new position estimates and the pointcloud?
I'm currently working on this project. So any suggestions or ideas will be instantly implemented, tested and reported back. i hope to hear from you.
Thank you
@Chad-Sweet, @James-Strawson, @tom any updates?
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