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* `zed_nodelet_example`: shows how to use the nodelet intraprocess communication to generate a virtual laser scan using the [depthimage_to_laserscan](http://wiki.ros.org/depthimage_to_laserscan) package
* `zed_rtabmap_example`: shows how to use the ZED with the RTABMap package to generate a 3D map with the [rtabmap_ros](http://wiki.ros.org/rtabmap_ros) package
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+* `zed_ar_track_alvar_example`: shows how to use the ZED with the [ar_track_alvar](http://wiki.ros.org/ar_track_alvar) package to detect and track the position of AR tags
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.7)
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+project(zed_ar_track_alvar_example)
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+find_package(catkin REQUIRED)
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+catkin_package()
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+###############################################################################
+#Add all files in subdirectories of the project in
+# a dummy_target so qtcreator have access to all files
+FILE(GLOB_RECURSE extra_files ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/*)
+add_custom_target(dummy_${PROJECT_NAME} SOURCES ${extra_files})
+
+###############################################################################
+# INSTALL
+
+install(DIRECTORY
+ launch
+ DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION})
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+# Stereolabs ZED Camera - Alvar AR tag example
+
+This package shows how to use the ZED Wrapper with [ar_track_alvar](http://wiki.ros.org/ar_track_alvar) to detect AR markers and localize them in the space.
+
+The [ar_track_alvar](http://wiki.ros.org/ar_track_alvar) package is a ROS wrapper for [Alvar](http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/proj2/multimedia/index.html), an open source AR tag tracking library.
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+## Install the ar_track_alvar package
+
+Open a terminal and launch
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+ $ sudo apt install ros-kinetic-ar-track-alvar
+
+## Run the program
+
+To launch the example, open a terminal and launch:
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+ $ roslaunch zed_ar_track_alvar_example zed_ar_track_alvar.launch
+
+The launch file automatically starts the `zed_wrapper` node, the `ar_track_alvar` node and `RVIZ` with a preconfigured view:
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+* the `Left Image` view shows the RGB stream from the left camera of the ZED.
+* the `Left Camera` view shows the "world" as seen by the left camera. The `TF` and the `Tags` are selected to be shown in 3D projection
+* the 3D view shows the ZED camera localized in the space and the position of the `Tags` as coloured markers.
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+*Note* It is important to subscribe the `/zed/pose` topic to be able to localize the camera in the space.
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+*Note* the tags used in the example are available following this [link](images/markers0to8.png)
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+## The launch file explained
+
+To use the ZED wrapper with the `ar_track_alvar` node we need to correctly set the following ar_track_alvar parameters:
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+- `camera_image` -> the name of the topic that provides camera frames for detecting the AR tags.
+- `camera_info` -> the name of the topic of camera parameters used to correctly localize the tag in the 3D world
+- `output_frame` -> the name of the TF frame associated to the camera position
+
+It is important that the `zed_wrapper` node and the `ar_track_alvar` node use the same values for these three parameters to be able to correctly communicate.
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+The values associated to the above parameters are the following:
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+The corresponding parameters of the ZED node are the following:
+
+- `cam_image_topic` -> `rgb_topic`
+- `cam_info_topic` -> `rgb_info_topic`
+- `camera_frame` -> `left_camera_frame`
+
+The corresponding parameters of the `rtabmap_ros` node are the following:
+
+- `cam_image_topic` -> `camera_image`
+- `cam_info_topic` -> `camera_info`
+- `camera_frame` -> `output_frame`
+
+It is also important to set the correct `marker_size` in centimeters. Better if the real size of the markers is measured after printing them:
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+Other parameters that can be tuned:
+* `max_new_marker_error` -> A threshold determining when new markers can be detected under uncertainty
+* `max_track_error` -> A threshold determining how much tracking error can be observed before an tag is considered to have disappeared
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+Their values in the launch file:
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+## Markers
+
+Following two examples of markers with ID numbers from 0 to 17:
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+ zed_ar_track_alvar_example
+ 2.6.0
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+ "zed_ar_track_alvar_example" is a ROS package to show how to use the ROS wrapper with "ar_track_alvar"
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+ STEREOLABS
+ MIT
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+ catkin
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+ ar_track_alvar
+ ar_track_alvar_msgs
+ zed_wrapper
+
diff --git a/examples/zed_ar_track_alvar_example/rviz/zed_ar_track_alvar_example.rviz b/examples/zed_ar_track_alvar_example/rviz/zed_ar_track_alvar_example.rviz
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+Panels:
+ - Class: rviz/Displays
+ Help Height: 0
+ Name: Displays
+ Property Tree Widget:
+ Expanded:
+ - /Global Options1
+ - /TF1
+ - /TF1/Frames1
+ - /Left Camera1/Visibility1
+ - /Pose1
+ - /Tags1
+ - /Left Image1
+ Splitter Ratio: 0.483870953
+ Tree Height: 853
+ - Class: rviz/Selection
+ Name: Selection
+ - Class: rviz/Tool Properties
+ Expanded:
+ - /2D Pose Estimate1
+ - /2D Nav Goal1
+ - /Publish Point1
+ Name: Tool Properties
+ Splitter Ratio: 0.588679016
+ - Class: rviz/Views
+ Expanded:
+ - /Current View1
+ Name: Views
+ Splitter Ratio: 0.5
+ - Class: rviz/Time
+ Experimental: false
+ Name: Time
+ SyncMode: 0
+ SyncSource: Left Camera
+Visualization Manager:
+ Class: ""
+ Displays:
+ - Alpha: 0.5
+ Cell Size: 1
+ Class: rviz/Grid
+ Color: 160; 160; 164
+ Enabled: true
+ Line Style:
+ Line Width: 0.0299999993
+ Value: Lines
+ Name: Grid
+ Normal Cell Count: 0
+ Offset:
+ X: 0
+ Y: 0
+ Z: 0
+ Plane: XY
+ Plane Cell Count: 10
+ Reference Frame:
+ Value: true
+ - Alpha: 1
+ Class: rviz/RobotModel
+ Collision Enabled: false
+ Enabled: true
+ Links:
+ All Links Enabled: true
+ Expand Joint Details: false
+ Expand Link Details: false
+ Expand Tree: false
+ Link Tree Style: Links in Alphabetic Order
+ imu_link:
+ Alpha: 1
+ Show Axes: false
+ Show Trail: false
+ zed_camera_center:
+ Alpha: 1
+ Show Axes: false
+ Show Trail: false
+ Value: true
+ zed_left_camera_frame:
+ Alpha: 1
+ Show Axes: false
+ Show Trail: false
+ zed_left_camera_optical_frame:
+ Alpha: 1
+ Show Axes: false
+ Show Trail: false
+ zed_right_camera_frame:
+ Alpha: 1
+ Show Axes: false
+ Show Trail: false
+ zed_right_camera_optical_frame:
+ Alpha: 1
+ Show Axes: false
+ Show Trail: false
+ Name: Camera Model
+ Robot Description: /zed/zed_description
+ TF Prefix: ""
+ Update Interval: 0
+ Value: true
+ Visual Enabled: true
+ - Class: rviz/TF
+ Enabled: true
+ Frame Timeout: 1
+ Frames:
+ All Enabled: false
+ ar_marker_0:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_1:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_14:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_144:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_192:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_2:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_3:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_4:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_48:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_5:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_6:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_64:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_7:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_8:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_80:
+ Value: true
+ ar_marker_9:
+ Value: true
+ map:
+ Value: true
+ odom:
+ Value: true
+ zed_camera_center:
+ Value: true
+ zed_left_camera_frame:
+ Value: true
+ zed_left_camera_optical_frame:
+ Value: false
+ zed_right_camera_frame:
+ Value: false
+ zed_right_camera_optical_frame:
+ Value: false
+ Marker Scale: 0.300000012
+ Name: TF
+ Show Arrows: true
+ Show Axes: true
+ Show Names: true
+ Tree:
+ map:
+ odom:
+ zed_camera_center:
+ zed_left_camera_frame:
+ zed_left_camera_optical_frame:
+ ar_marker_0:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_1:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_14:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_144:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_192:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_2:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_3:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_4:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_48:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_5:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_6:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_64:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_7:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_8:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_80:
+ {}
+ ar_marker_9:
+ {}
+ zed_right_camera_frame:
+ zed_right_camera_optical_frame:
+ {}
+ Update Interval: 0
+ Value: true
+ - Class: rviz/Camera
+ Enabled: true
+ Image Rendering: background and overlay
+ Image Topic: /zed/left/image_rect_color
+ Name: Left Camera
+ Overlay Alpha: 0.25
+ Queue Size: 1
+ Transport Hint: raw
+ Unreliable: true
+ Value: true
+ Visibility:
+ Camera Model: false
+ Grid: true
+ Left Image: true
+ Pose: false
+ TF: true
+ Tags: true
+ Value: true
+ Zoom Factor: 1
+ - Alpha: 1
+ Axes Length: 0.100000001
+ Axes Radius: 0.00999999978
+ Class: rviz/Pose
+ Color: 255; 25; 0
+ Enabled: true
+ Head Length: 0.300000012
+ Head Radius: 0.100000001
+ Name: Pose
+ Shaft Length: 1
+ Shaft Radius: 0.0500000007
+ Shape: Axes
+ Topic: /zed/pose
+ Unreliable: false
+ Value: true
+ - Class: rviz/Marker
+ Enabled: true
+ Marker Topic: /zed/visualization_marker
+ Name: Tags
+ Namespaces:
+ basic_shapes: true
+ Queue Size: 1
+ Value: true
+ - Class: rviz/Image
+ Enabled: true
+ Image Topic: /zed/left/image_rect_color
+ Max Value: 1
+ Median window: 5
+ Min Value: 0
+ Name: Left Image
+ Normalize Range: true
+ Queue Size: 1
+ Transport Hint: raw
+ Unreliable: true
+ Value: true
+ Enabled: true
+ Global Options:
+ Background Color: 48; 48; 48
+ Default Light: true
+ Fixed Frame: map
+ Frame Rate: 30
+ Name: root
+ Tools:
+ - Class: rviz/Interact
+ Hide Inactive Objects: true
+ - Class: rviz/MoveCamera
+ - Class: rviz/Select
+ - Class: rviz/FocusCamera
+ - Class: rviz/Measure
+ - Class: rviz/SetInitialPose
+ Topic: /initialpose
+ - Class: rviz/SetGoal
+ Topic: /move_base_simple/goal
+ - Class: rviz/PublishPoint
+ Single click: true
+ Topic: /clicked_point
+ Value: true
+ Views:
+ Current:
+ Class: rviz/Orbit
+ Distance: 1.46672368
+ Enable Stereo Rendering:
+ Stereo Eye Separation: 0.0599999987
+ Stereo Focal Distance: 1
+ Swap Stereo Eyes: false
+ Value: false
+ Focal Point:
+ X: 0.1578127
+ Y: 0.186369434
+ Z: 0.101506129
+ Focal Shape Fixed Size: true
+ Focal Shape Size: 0.0500000007
+ Invert Z Axis: false
+ Name: Current View
+ Near Clip Distance: 0.00999999978
+ Pitch: 0.604797184
+ Target Frame:
+ Value: Orbit (rviz)
+ Yaw: 2.34038639
+ Saved: ~
+Window Geometry:
+ Displays:
+ collapsed: false
+ Height: 1056
+ Hide Left Dock: false
+ Hide Right Dock: false
+ Left Camera:
+ collapsed: false
+ Left Image:
+ collapsed: false
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+ Selection:
+ collapsed: false
+ Time:
+ collapsed: false
+ Tool Properties:
+ collapsed: false
+ Views:
+ collapsed: false
+ Width: 1855
+ X: 1985
+ Y: 24