hdl_graph_slam/launch/hdl_graph_slam.launch

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<launch>
  <!-- arguments -->
  <arg name="nodelet_manager" default="velodyne_nodelet_manager" />
  <arg name="enable_floor_detection" default="false" />
  <arg name="enable_gps" default="false" />
  <arg name="enable_imu_acc" default="false" />
  <arg name="enable_imu_ori" default="false" />

  <!-- hdl_graph_slam will publish its estimated pose from odom to base_link within the following structure -->
  <!-- ***** map -> odom -> base_link -> velodyne ***** -->
  <!-- these can be named in the following -->
  <!-- topic for hdl to find velodyne points -->
  <arg name="points_topic" default="/velodyne_points" />
  <!-- what should the map frame be called -->
  <arg name="map_frame_id" default="map" />
  <!-- what should the base link frame be called -->
  <arg name="base_link_frame_id" default="base_link" />
  <!-- what should the odom frame be called -->
  <arg name="lidar_odom_frame_id" default="odom" />

  <!-- hdl_graph_slam will also publish an odom message -->
  <!-- what should the topic be for odom messages published by hdl-graph-slam -->
  <arg name="published_odom_topic" default="/odom" />

  <!-- optional arguments -->
  <arg name="enable_robot_odometry_init_guess" default="false" />
  <arg name="robot_odom_frame_id" default="robot_odom" />

  <!-- transformation between lidar and base_link -->
  <node pkg="tf" type="static_transform_publisher" name="lidar2base_publisher" args="0 0 0 0 0 0 $(arg base_link_frame_id) velodyne 10" />

  <!-- in case you use velodyne_driver, comment out the following line -->
   <node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="$(arg nodelet_manager)" args="manager" output="screen"/> 

  <!-- prefiltering_nodelet -->
  <node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="prefiltering_nodelet" args="load hdl_graph_slam/PrefilteringNodelet $(arg nodelet_manager)">
    <remap from="/velodyne_points" to="$(arg points_topic)" />
    <!-- in case base_link_frame is blank, mapping will be performed in the lidar frame -->
    <param name="base_link_frame" value="$(arg base_link_frame_id)" />
    <!-- distance filter -->
    <param name="use_distance_filter" value="false" />
    <param name="distance_near_thresh" value="0.1" />
    <param name="distance_far_thresh" value="1000.0" />
    <!-- NONE, VOXELGRID, or APPROX_VOXELGRID -->
    <param name="downsample_method" value="VOXELGRID" />
    <param name="downsample_resolution" value="0.1" />
    <!-- NONE, RADIUS, or STATISTICAL -->
    <param name="outlier_removal_method" value="NONE" />
    <param name="statistical_mean_k" value="30" />
    <param name="statistical_stddev" value="1.2" />
    <param name="radius_radius" value="0.5" />
    <param name="radius_min_neighbors" value="2" />
  </node>

  <!-- scan_matching_odometry_nodelet -->
  <node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="scan_matching_odometry_nodelet" args="load hdl_graph_slam/ScanMatchingOdometryNodelet $(arg nodelet_manager)">
    <param name="points_topic" value="$(arg points_topic)" />
    <!-- published_odom_topic -->
    <param name="published_odom_topic" value="$(arg published_odom_topic)" />
    <param name="odom_frame_id" value="$(arg lidar_odom_frame_id)" />
    <param name="robot_odom_frame_id" value="$(arg robot_odom_frame_id)" />
    <param name="keyframe_delta_trans" value="1.0" />
    <param name="keyframe_delta_angle" value="1.0" />
    <param name="keyframe_delta_time" value="10000.0" />
    <param name="transform_thresholding" value="false" />
    <param name="enable_robot_odometry_init_guess" value="$(arg enable_robot_odometry_init_guess)" />
    <param name="max_acceptable_trans" value="1.0" />
    <param name="max_acceptable_angle" value="1.0" />
    <param name="downsample_method" value="NONE" />
    <param name="downsample_resolution" value="0.1" />
    <!-- ICP, GICP, NDT, GICP_OMP, NDT_OMP, FAST_GICP(recommended), or FAST_VGICP -->
    <param name="registration_method" value="FAST_GICP" />
    <param name="reg_num_threads" value="0" />
    <param name="reg_transformation_epsilon" value="0.01"/>
    <param name="reg_maximum_iterations" value="64"/>
    <param name="reg_max_correspondence_distance" value="2.5"/>
    <param name="reg_max_optimizer_iterations" value="20"/>
    <param name="reg_use_reciprocal_correspondences" value="false"/>
    <param name="reg_correspondence_randomness" value="20"/>
    <param name="reg_resolution" value="1.0" />
    <param name="reg_nn_search_method" value="DIRECT7" />
  </node>

  <!-- floor_detection_nodelet -->
  <node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="floor_detection_nodelet" args="load hdl_graph_slam/FloorDetectionNodelet $(arg nodelet_manager)" if="$(arg enable_floor_detection)">
    <param name="points_topic" value="$(arg points_topic)" />
    <param name="tilt_deg" value="0.0" />
    <param name="sensor_height" value="2.0" />
    <param name="height_clip_range" value="1.0" />
    <param name="floor_pts_thresh" value="512" />
    <param name="use_normal_filtering" value="true" />
    <param name="normal_filter_thresh" value="20.0" />
  </node>

  <!-- hdl_graph_slam_nodelet -->
  <node pkg="nodelet" type="nodelet" name="hdl_graph_slam_nodelet" args="load hdl_graph_slam/HdlGraphSlamNodelet $(arg nodelet_manager)">
    <param name="points_topic" value="$(arg points_topic)" />
    <!-- published_odom_topic -->
    <param name="published_odom_topic" value="$(arg published_odom_topic)" />
    <!-- frame settings -->
    <param name="map_frame_id" value="$(arg map_frame_id)" />
    <param name="odom_frame_id" value="$(arg lidar_odom_frame_id)" />
    <!-- optimization params -->
    <!-- typical solvers: gn_var, gn_fix6_3, gn_var_cholmod, lm_var, lm_fix6_3, lm_var_cholmod, ... -->
    <param name="g2o_solver_type" value="lm_var_cholmod" />
    <param name="g2o_solver_num_iterations" value="512" />
    <!-- constraint switches -->
    <param name="enable_gps" value="$(arg enable_gps)" />
    <param name="enable_imu_acceleration" value="$(arg enable_imu_acc)" />
    <param name="enable_imu_orientation" value="$(arg enable_imu_ori)" />
    <!-- keyframe registration params -->
    <param name="max_keyframes_per_update" value="10" />
    <param name="keyframe_delta_trans" value="2.0" />
    <param name="keyframe_delta_angle" value="2.0" />
    <!-- fix first node for optimization stability -->
    <param name="fix_first_node" value="true"/>
    <param name="fix_first_node_stddev" value="10 10 10 1 1 1"/>
    <param name="fix_first_node_adaptive" value="true"/>
    <!-- loop closure params -->
    <param name="distance_thresh" value="20.0" />
    <param name="accum_distance_thresh" value="35.0" />
    <param name="min_edge_interval" value="5.0" />
    <param name="fitness_score_thresh" value="0.5" />
    
    <!-- scan matching params -->
    <param name="registration_method" value="FAST_GICP" />
    <param name="reg_num_threads" value="4" />
    <param name="reg_transformation_epsilon" value="0.01"/>
    <param name="reg_maximum_iterations" value="64"/>
    <param name="reg_max_correspondence_distance" value="2.5"/>
    <param name="reg_max_optimizer_iterations" value="20"/>
    <param name="reg_use_reciprocal_correspondences" value="false"/>
    <param name="reg_correspondence_randomness" value="20"/>
    <param name="reg_resolution" value="1.0" />
    <param name="reg_nn_search_method" value="DIRECT7" />
    <!-- edge params -->
    <!-- GPS -->
    <param name="gps_edge_robust_kernel" value="NONE" />
    <param name="gps_edge_robust_kernel_size" value="1.0" />
    <param name="gps_edge_stddev_xy" value="20.0" />
    <param name="gps_edge_stddev_z" value="5.0" />
    <!-- IMU orientation -->
    <param name="imu_orientation_edge_robust_kernel" value="NONE" />
    <param name="imu_orientation_edge_stddev" value="1.0" />
    <!-- IMU acceleration (gravity vector) -->
    <param name="imu_acceleration_edge_robust_kernel" value="NONE" />
    <param name="imu_acceleration_edge_stddev" value="1.0" />
    <!-- ground plane -->
    <param name="floor_edge_robust_kernel" value="NONE" />
    <param name="floor_edge_stddev" value="10.0" />
    <!-- scan matching -->
    <!-- robust kernels: NONE, Cauchy, DCS, Fair, GemanMcClure, Huber, PseudoHuber, Saturated, Tukey, Welsch -->
    <param name="odometry_edge_robust_kernel" value="NONE" />
    <param name="odometry_edge_robust_kernel_size" value="1.0" />
    <param name="loop_closure_edge_robust_kernel" value="Huber" />
    <param name="loop_closure_edge_robust_kernel_size" value="1.0" />
    <param name="use_const_inf_matrix" value="false" />
    <param name="const_stddev_x" value="0.5" />
    <param name="const_stddev_q" value="0.1" />
    <param name="var_gain_a" value="20.0" />
    <param name="min_stddev_x" value="0.1" />
    <param name="max_stddev_x" value="5.0" />
    <param name="min_stddev_q" value="0.05" />
    <param name="max_stddev_q" value="0.2" />
    <!-- update params -->
    <param name="graph_update_interval" value="3.0" />
    <param name="map_cloud_update_interval" value="10.0" />
    <param name="map_cloud_resolution" value="0.05" />
  </node>

  <node pkg="hdl_graph_slam" type="map2odom_publisher.py" name="map2odom_publisher" >
     <param name="map_frame_id" value="$(arg map_frame_id)" />
     <param name="odom_frame_id" value="$(arg lidar_odom_frame_id)" />
  </node>
</launch>