ros1/tf_example_node.cpp

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#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <tf/transform_listener.h>
#include <find_object_2d/ObjectsStamped.h>
#include <QtCore/QString>

class TfExample
{
public:
        TfExample() :
                objFramePrefix_("object")
        {
                ros::NodeHandle pnh("~");
                pnh.param("target_frame_id", targetFrameId_, targetFrameId_);
                pnh.param("object_prefix", objFramePrefix_, objFramePrefix_);

                ros::NodeHandle nh;
                subs_ = nh.subscribe("objectsStamped", 1, &TfExample::objectsDetectedCallback, this);
        }

        // Here I synchronize with the ObjectsStamped topic to
        // know when the TF is ready and for which objects
        void objectsDetectedCallback(const find_object_2d::ObjectsStampedConstPtr & msg)
        {
                if(msg->objects.data.size())
                {
                        std::string targetFrameId = targetFrameId_;
                        if(targetFrameId.empty())
                        {
                                targetFrameId = msg->header.frame_id;
                        }
                        char multiSubId = 'b';
                        int previousId = -1;
                        for(unsigned int i=0; i<msg->objects.data.size(); i+=12)
                        {
                                // get data
                                int id = (int)msg->objects.data[i];

                                QString multiSuffix;
                                if(id == previousId)
                                {
                                        multiSuffix = QString("_") + multiSubId++;
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        multiSubId = 'b';
                                }
                                previousId = id;

                                // "object_1", "object_1_b", "object_1_c", "object_2"
                                std::string objectFrameId = QString("%1_%2%3").arg(objFramePrefix_.c_str()).arg(id).arg(multiSuffix).toStdString();

                                tf::StampedTransform pose;
                                try
                                {
                                        // Get transformation from "object_#" frame to target frame
                                        // The timestamp matches the one sent over TF
                                        tfListener_.lookupTransform(targetFrameId, objectFrameId, msg->header.stamp, pose);
                                }
                                catch(tf::TransformException & ex)
                                {
                                        ROS_WARN("%s",ex.what());
                                        continue;
                                }

                                // Here "pose" is the position of the object "id" in target frame.
                                ROS_INFO("%s [x,y,z] [x,y,z,w] in \"%s\" frame: [%f,%f,%f] [%f,%f,%f,%f]",
                                                objectFrameId.c_str(), targetFrameId.c_str(),
                                                pose.getOrigin().x(), pose.getOrigin().y(), pose.getOrigin().z(),
                                                pose.getRotation().x(), pose.getRotation().y(), pose.getRotation().z(), pose.getRotation().w());
                        }
                }
        }

private:
        std::string targetFrameId_;
        std::string objFramePrefix_;
    ros::Subscriber subs_;
    tf::TransformListener tfListener_;
};

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    ros::init(argc, argv, "tf_example_node");

    TfExample sync;
    ros::spin();
}