Re: Some confusion about navigation

Posted by matlabbe on
URL: http://official-rtab-map-forum.206.s1.nabble.com/Some-confusion-about-navigation-tp3692p3704.html

With rtabmap, there is no pgm. The map is reconstructed from the data in the database when reloaded. However, if the robot is not localized, rtabmap won't publish it. The robot has to localize in the [simulated] environment before you can see it in RVIZ. But again, if the simulated environment doesn't have textures, rtabmap will never localize.

With textureless environments, you may try gmapping (mapping) and AMCL (localization) tutorials instead.

cheers,
Mathieu