Re: RTAB setup with a 3D LiDAR

Posted by dgmiller on Feb 24, 2016; 12:38am
URL: http://official-rtab-map-forum.206.s1.nabble.com/RTAB-setup-with-a-3D-LiDAR-tp1080p1091.html

Hi Chukcha,

RTABMAP can do the incremental map building you are speaking of, and definitely is capable of creating a detailed 3D model. however there are some suggestions and considerations i would offer:

> consider using a Stereo Labs ZED camera [ here ] and the nVidia Jetson TX1 [ here ]

> the ZED has a ROS driver which will provide 1080p HD RGB and Depth images, which RTABMAP will use to generate a detailed point cloud.

> as Mathieu has said, the processing power is really something to consider. to get good performance, you will have to do a lot of tweaking.

> I have heard of people using the Lidar LITE [ here ] as a LIDAR altimeter, which may be helpful. also the RPLIDAR is another useful 2D LIDAR, however for your application i dont believe it'll be very useful.

best of luck