v0.8.3
Release Notes for Intel® RealSense™ SDK Samples for ROS
Version v0.8.3
Intel® RealSense™ SDK Samples for ROS demonstrate how to develop OSRF® ROS* applications using the Intel® RealSense™ ZR300 camera for Object Library (OR), Person Library (PT), and Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM).
New Features and Changes
- [realsense_ros_camera] Added URDF models for R200 and ZR300 cameras
- [realsense_ros_camera] Added Pointcloud and Laserscan support
- [realsense_ros_camera] Fixed crashes that sometimes occured at node shutdown
- [realsense_ros_person] Added instructions for record/playback
- [realsense_ros_slam] Added a service to save slam output to files.
- [realsense_ros_slam] Added reset service to slam.
- [realsense_ros_slam] Run slam and camera nodelets in the same node.
Compatible Platforms
The samples were developed and tested on the following platform:
- Intel® Joule™ 570x Developer Kit, running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Desktop version). See installation instructions at https://developer.ubuntu.com/core/get-started/intel-joule for information how to update your Intel Joule module.
Note: You can try this on other devices (such as Intel® NUC™), but these uses are not fully validated. To install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop, follow the instructions at https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop, or the instructions that came with your device.
Software Requirements
These samples are based on ROS Kinetic, available at http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic
Hardware Requirements
- Intel RealSense ZR300 (DS4.1) Rev11 G sensor camera [DS4.1 Firmware 4.1 2.0.71.28, Adapter Board Firmware (CX3) 1.29, Motion Module Firmware 1.25.0.0](MM# 951805). More information is available at https://click.intel.com/intelr-realsensetm-development-kit-featuring-the-zr300.html
- Intel Joule 570x Developer Kit with expansion board (MM# 951308). More information is available at https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/joule/dev-kit
Note: This middleware module was validated with one ZR300 camera connected to Joule.
Known Limitations
none
License
Copyright 2017 Intel Corporation
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this project except in compliance with the License.
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