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White Paper: Comparing Accuracy of Open Source vs. Proprietary Localization Software

White Paper: Comparing Accuracy of Open Source vs. Proprietary Localization Software

by Tim Peckover | Jun 5, 2018 | Robot Forge, Teaching and Learning |

One of the most common things to do with a new robot is enable autonomy, or at least get started on it with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). For years, the easiest way to do this in ROS has been to utilize the open source Gmapping package, a ROS wrapper...

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