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Faking Sensor Info in Simulation
Description: fake_localization node usage is introduced. It provides transform between base_link frame and the map frame.Tutorial Level: ADVANCED
First launch the teleop base controller before continuing this tutorial.
One benefit of the simulator is that you can fake certain things. For example, if you don't want to deal with localization noise in AMCL, you can instead use fake localization.
rosparam set /fake_localization/odom_frame_id /odom_combined rosparam set /fake_localization/base_frame_id /base_footprint rosrun fake_localization fake_localization
To see ground truth pose, run in a separate terminal
rostopic echo amcl_pose
TODO: create a tutorial on how to get info about other objects in the world using ros_p3d plugins.
