ROS Hand-eye calibration client for Roboception's rc_visard

This node provides ROS service calls and topics to calibrate the rc_visard to a robot (aka hand-eye calibration). The calibration routine consists of several steps:

1. Setting calibration parameters, i.e. grid size and mounting, via dynamic reconfigure. 0. For a user-defined number of robot calibration poses repeat

   1. Move the robot to the pose (calibration grid must be visible in the rc_visard's view).
   0. Send the robot pose to rc_visard (`set_pose`)
   

0. Trigger the calibration tranformation to be calculated (calibrate).

After the calibration transform is calculated and tested, it should be saved to the rc_visard (save_calibration).

For detailed instructions on the calibration routine consult the rc_visard manual: https://doc.rc-visard.com.

Installation

This package relies on git submodules for the cpr library which need to be initialized before building from source.

git submodule update --init --recursive

Configuration

Parameters

• host: The IP address or hostname of the rc_visard that should be calibrated

Dynamic reconfigure parameters

• grid_width: The width of the calibration pattern in meters
• grid_height: The height of the calibration pattern in meters
• robot_mounted Whether the camera is mounted on the robot or not

Services

The following services are offered to follow the calibration routine:

• reset_calibration: Deletes all previously provided poses and corresponding images. The last saved calibration result is reloaded. This service might be used to (re-)start the hand-eye calibration from scratch.
• set_pose: Provides a robot pose as calibration pose to the hand-eye calibration routine.
• calibrate: Calculates and returns the hand-eye calibration transformation with the robot poses configured by the set_pose service.
• get_calibration
• save_calibration: Persistently saves the result of hand-eye calibration to the rc_visard and overwrites the existing one. The stored result can be retrieved any time by the get_calibration service.
• remove_calibration: Removes the stored hand-eye calibration on the rc_visard. After this call the get_calibration service reports again that no hand-eye calibration is available.

Launching

Using command line parameters:

rosrun rc_hand_eye_calibration_client rc_hand_eye_calibration_client_node _host:="10.0.2.44"