ros-perception/calibration — pull request #14 by dgossow (2013-04-02 00:18:26+00:00)
Title: Zero channels support

Re-opened version of #13.

In addition to settlerlib support for empty chains, this also adds the ability to specify a variance for the x, y and z axis that is added on top of the covariance matrix computed using the kinematic model.

This way, you can have a chain with 0 or 1 joint in it, or a longer chain with only coaxial joints, in which case you would end up with a non-invertible covariance matrix.

The system.yaml would e.g. look like this:

sensors:
chains:
floor_chain_0:
root: base_link
tip: base_footprint
cov:
joint_angles: []
translation: [0.05, 0.05, 0.005]
gearing: [1.0]