Title
The Mesh Tools Package - Introducing Annotated 3d Triangle Maps In Ros
Abstract
Triangle mesh maps for robotic applications are becoming increasingly popular, but are not yet effectively supported in the Robot Operating System (ROS). We introduce the Mesh Tools package consisting of message definitions, RViz plugins and tools, as well as a persistence layer. These tools make annotated triangle maps available in ROS and allow to publish, edit and inspect such maps within the existing ROS software stack. The persistence layer efficiently loads and stores large mesh maps. The proposed plugins and tools enable the visualization and validation of the complete layered map and associated properties to allow fluid interaction. We demonstrate the seamless integration of our tools in two application areas as a proof-of-concept: Labeling of triangle clusters for semantic mapping and robot navigation on triangle meshes in rough terrain outdoor environments by integrating our tools into an existing navigation stack. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1016/j.robot.2020.103688
ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
ROS, Triangle meshes, RViz, 3D mesh navigation
Journal
138
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0921-8890
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sebastian Pütz111.73
Thomas Wiemann201.01
Joachim Hertzberg31571142.29