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Vicon Motion Capture System Sensor-based biomechanics analyzer. The measurement of human motion relies heavily on the ability of the optoelectronic motion capture systems to accurately measure retroreflective marker positions. The ROS topic for motion cap mocap_pose_estimate for mocap systems and vision_pose_estimate for vision. Description: Applications: Software used: Related Instruments. Estimator choice LPE and Attitude Estimator Q EKF2 When creating the rigid body in the motion capture software, remember to first align the robot with the world X axis otherwise yaw estimation will have an initial offset. With the external heading estimation, however, magnetic North is ignored and faked with a vector corresponding to world x axis (which can be placed freely at mocap calibration) yaw angle will be given respect to local x. The robot/vehicle body frame has X towards the front, Z down and Y accordingly.įrames are shown in the image below. The technology originated in the life science market for gait analysis but is now used widely by VFX studios, sports therapists, neuroscientists, and for validation and control of computer vision and robotics.

NED has X towards North, Y East and Z down. Motion capture (mocap) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people.

The robot/vehicle body frame is X towards the front, Z up and Y towards the left.

ENU is a ground-fixed frame where X axis points East, Y points North and Z up.

There are various representations but we will use two of them: ENU and NED.

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This section shows how to setup the system with the proper reference frames. Most standard telemetry links like 3DR/SiK radios are not suitable for high-bandwidth motion capture applications.

The onboard computer can be connected to the motion capture computer through WiFi, which offers reliable, high-bandwidth connection. It is highly recommended that you send motion capture data via an onboard computer (e.g Raspberry Pi, ODroid, etc.) for reliable communications. They can also be sent using pure C/C++ code and direct use of the MAVLink library. Vicon Motion Systems is the global leader in motion capture hardware and software, helping industry sectors including animation, engineering and life. The mavros ROS-Mavlink interface has a default plugin to send this message. See the section below on coordinate frames for data representation conventions. Pose (position and orientation) data from the motion capture system is sent to the autopilot over MAVLink, using the ATT_POS_MOCAP message. Heading (yaw) from the motion capture system can also be optionally integrated by the attitude estimator.

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The motion capture data can be used to update PX4's local position estimate relative to the local origin. Indoor motion capture systems like VICON and Optitrack can be used to provide position and attitude data for vehicle state estimation, orto serve as ground-truth for analysis. This topic shares significant overlap with External Position Estimation (ROS). Test MC_05 - Indoor Flight (Manual Modes)įlying with Motion Capture (VICON, Optitrack)

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Installing driver for Intel RealSense R200 External Position Estimation (Vision/Motion based)