VINS-application

Mainly focused on Build process and explanation

■ ROS1 algorithms:

● `VINS-Fusion`, `VINS-Fusion-GPU`, `VINS-Fisheye`, `OpenVINS`, `EnVIO`, `ROVIO`, `ORB-SLAM2`, `DM-VIO`

■ ROS2 algorithms:

● `NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus`

This repository contains many branches! as following:

■ ROS1 algorithms:

Branch: OAK-D, intel T265, intel D435i, ZED-mini, Pointgrey_myAHRS, FlightGoggles
- Including config.yaml files and Calibration data
- git clone -b <branch_name> --single-branch https://github.com/engcang/vins-application

■ ROS2 algorithms:

Result clips: here

● Tested on: Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson Xavier AGX, Jetson TX2, Intel i9-10900k, i7-6700k, i7-8700k, i5-9600k

`VINS-Fusion` for PX4 with Masking: here

frame changed from world to map

Index

0. Algorithms:

■ ROS1 Algorithms:

VINS-Fusion CPU version / GPU version
- Mainly uses Ceres-solver, OpenCV and Eigen and performance of VINS is strongly proportional to CPU performance and some parameters
VINS-Fisheye: VINS-Fusion's extension with more camera_models and CUDA acceleration
- only for OpenCV 3.4.1 and Jetson TX2 (I guess, I failed on i9-10900k + RTX3080)
ROVIO: Iterative EKF based VIO, direct method (using patch)
ORB-SLAM2: Feature based VO, Local and Global bundle adjustment
OpenVINS: MSCKF based VINS
EnVIO: Iterated-EKF Ensemble VIO based on ROVIO
DM-VIO: Monocular VIO with delayed marginalization and pose graph bundle adjustment based on DSO

■ ROS2 Algorithms:

NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus: GPU-accelerated Stereo Visual SLAM
- Ubuntu 20.04: CUDA 11.4, 11.5 (not 11.6), NVIDIA-graphic driver from 470.103.01
- Jetpack: 4.6.1 on Jetson Xavier AGX, Jetson Xavier NX

1. Parameters

VINS-Fusion

2. Prerequisites

● Ceres solver and Eigen: Mandatory for VINS (build Eigen first)

● CUDA: Necessary for GPU version

● cuDNN: Necessary for GPU version

● OpenCV with CUDA and cuDNN: Necessary for GPU version

● CV_Bridge with Built OpenCV: Necessary for GPU version, and general ROS usage

ROS1 - OpenCV 3.x ver / OpenCV 4.x ver
ROS2 - OpenCV 4.x ver

● USB performance: Have to improve performance of sensors with USB

● IMU-Camera Calibration: Synchronization, time offset, extrinsic parameter

● IMU-Camera rotational extrinsic: Rotational extrinsic between IMU and Cam

3. Installation and Execution

■ ROS1 Algorithms:

VINS-Fusion / VINS-Fisheye / OpenVINS
VINS-Fusion with OpenCV4 / EnVIO / ROVIO / ORB-SLAM2
DM-VIO
Trouble shooting for VINS-Fusion

■ ROS2 Algorithms:

NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus

4. Comparison & Application results

5. VINS on mini onboard PCs

1. Parameters

● VINS-Fusion:

[click to see]

Camera frame rate
- lower - low time delay, poor performance
- higher - high time delay, better performance
- has to be set from camera launch file: 10~30hz
Max tracking Feature number max_cnt
- 100~150, same correlation as camera frame rates
time offset between IMU and cameras estimated_td: 1, td : value from kalibr
GPU acceleration use_gpu: 1, use_gpu_acc_flow: 1 (for GPU version)
Threads enabling - multiple_thread: 1

2. Prerequisites

● Ceres solver and Eigen: Mandatory for VINS

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Eigen latest Stable version below new home or old home

$ wget -O eigen.zip https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen/-/archive/3.3.7/eigen-3.3.7.zip #check version
$ unzip eigen.zip
$ cd eigen-3.3.7
& mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. && sudo make install

Eigen 3.3.90 version or later for using slicing and Indexing as here

$ git clone https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen.git
$ cd eigen 
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. && sudo make install

Ceres solver home

$ sudo apt-get install -y cmake libgoogle-glog-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev
$ wget http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-1.14.0.tar.gz
$ tar zxf ceres-solver-1.14.0.tar.gz
$ mkdir ceres-bin
$ mkdir solver && cd ceres-bin
$ cmake ../ceres-solver-1.14.0 -DEXPORT_BUILD_DIR=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="../solver"  #good for build without being root privileged and at wanted directory
$ make -j8 # 8 : number of cores
$ make test
$ make install

● CUDA: Necessary for GPU version

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Install CUDA and Graphic Driver:

    $ sudo apt install gcc make
    get the right version of CUDA(with graphic driver) .deb file at https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
    follow the installation instructions there!
        # .run file can be used as nvidia graphic driver. But, .deb file is recommended to install tensorRT further.

        # if want to install only graphic driver, get graphic driver install script at https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
        # sudo ./NVIDIA_<graphic_driver_installer>.run --dkms
        # --dkms option is recommended when you also install NVIDIA driver, to register it along with kernel
        # otherwise, NVIDIA graphic driver will be gone after kernel upgrade via $ sudo apt upgrade
    $ sudo reboot

    $ gedit ~/.bashrc
    # type and save
    export PATH=<CUDA_PATH>/bin:$PATH #ex: /usr/local/cuda-11.1
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<CUDA_PATH>/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH #ex : /usr/local/cuda-11.1
    $ . ~/.bashrc

    # check if installed well
    $ dpkg-query -W | grep cuda

check CUDA version using nvcc --version

# check installed cuda version
$ nvcc --version
# if nvcc --version does not print out CUDA,
$ gedit ~/.profile
# type below and save
export PATH=<CUDA_PATH>/bin:$PATH #ex: /usr/local/cuda-11.1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<CUDA_PATH>/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH #ex : /usr/local/cuda-11.1
$ source ~/.profile

● Trouble shooting for NVIDIA driver or CUDA: please see /var/log/cuda-installer.log or /var/log/nvidia-install.log

Installation failed. See log at /var/log/cuda-installer.log for details => mostly because of X server is being used.
- turn off X server and install.

# if you are using lightdm
$ sudo service lightdm stop

# or if you are using gdm3
$ sudo service gdm3

# then press Ctrl+Alt+F3 -> login with your ID/password
$ sudo sh cuda_<version>_linux.run

The kernel module failed to load. Secure boot is enabled on this system, so this is likely because it was not signed by a key that is trusted by the kernel....
- turn off Secure Boot as below reference
- If you got this case, you should turn off Secure Boot and then turn off X server (as above) both.

● cuDNN: strong library for Neural Network used with CUDA

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Download here
install as below: reference in Korean

$ sudo tar zxf cudnn.tgz
$ sudo cp extracted_cuda/include/* <CUDA_PATH>/include/   #ex /usr/local/cuda-11.1/include/
$ sudo cp -P extracted_cuda/lib64/* <CUDA_PATH>/lib64/   #ex /usr/local/cuda-11.1/lib64/
$ sudo chmod a+r <CUDA_PATH>/lib64/libcudnn*   #ex /usr/local/cuda-11.1/lib64/libcudnn*

● OpenCV with CUDA and cuDNN

■ Ubuntu 18.04 - this repo mainly targets ROS1 for Ubuntu 18.04

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Build OpenCV with CUDA - references: link 1, link 2
- for Xavier do as below or sh file from jetsonhacks here
- If want to use C API (e.g. Darknet YOLO) with OpenCV3, then:
  - Patch as here to use other version (3.4.1 is the best)
    - should comment the /usr/local/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h line 139 as here after install
-D OPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=YES option is also needed for OpenCV 4.X
- and copy the generated opencv4.pc file to /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig or /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig for jetson boards

$ sudo apt-get purge libopencv* python-opencv
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential pkg-config
$ sudo apt-get install -y cmake libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev \
    libglew-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libpostproc-dev \
    libswscale-dev libtbb-dev libtiff5-dev libv4l-dev libxvidcore-dev \
    libx264-dev qt5-default zlib1g-dev libgl1 libglvnd-dev pkg-config \
    libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev mesa-utils #libeigen3-dev # recommend to build from source : http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
$ sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev python3-dev python-numpy python3-numpy
$ mkdir <opencv_source_directory> && cd <opencv_source_directory>


# check version
$ wget -O opencv.zip https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/3.4.1.zip # check version
$ unzip opencv.zip
$ cd <opencv_source_directory>/opencv 

$ wget -O opencv_contrib.zip https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/3.4.1.zip # check version
$ unzip opencv_contrib.zip

$ mkdir build && cd build
    
# check your BIN version : http://arnon.dk/matching-sm-architectures-arch-and-gencode-for-various-nvidia-cards/
# 8.6 for RTX3080 7.2 for Xavier, 5.2 for GTX TITAN X, 6.1 for GTX TITAN X(pascal), 6.2 for TX2
# -D BUILD_opencv_cudacodec=OFF #for cuda10-opencv3.4
    
$ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
      -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-6 \
      -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-6 \
      -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
      -D OPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=YES \
      -D WITH_CUDA=ON \
      -D OPENCV_DNN_CUDA=ON \
      -D WITH_CUDNN=ON \
      -D CUDA_ARCH_BIN=8.6 \
      -D CUDA_ARCH_PTX=8.6 \
      -D ENABLE_FAST_MATH=ON \
      -D CUDA_FAST_MATH=ON \
      -D WITH_CUBLAS=ON \
      -D WITH_LIBV4L=ON \
      -D WITH_GSTREAMER=ON \
      -D WITH_GSTREAMER_0_10=OFF \
      -D WITH_CUFFT=ON \
      -D WITH_NVCUVID=ON \
      -D WITH_QT=ON \
      -D WITH_OPENGL=ON \
      -D WITH_IPP=OFF \
      -D WITH_V4L=ON \
      -D WITH_1394=OFF \
      -D WITH_GTK=ON \
      -D WITH_EIGEN=ON \
      -D WITH_FFMPEG=ON \
      -D WITH_TBB=ON \
      -D BUILD_opencv_cudacodec=OFF \
      -D CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS="--expt-relaxed-constexpr" \
      -D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../opencv_contrib-3.4.1/modules \
      ../
$ time make -j8 # 8 : numbers of core
$ sudo make install
$ sudo rm -r <opencv_source_directory> #optional for saving disk, but leave this folder to uninstall later, if you need.

● Trouble shooting for OpenCV build error:

Please include the appropriate gl headers before including cuda_gl_interop.h => reference 1, 2, 3
modules/cudacodec/src/precomp.hpp:60:37: fatal error: dynlink_nvcuvid.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. --> for CUDA version 10
- => reference here
- cmake ... -D BUILD_opencv_cudacodec=OFF ...

CUDA_nppicom_LIBRARY not found

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-toolkit
or Edit opencv/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake as follows:

    ...
    ...
    if(CUDA_FOUND)
        set(HAVE_CUDA 1)
        ocv_list_filterout(CUDA_nppi_LIBRARY "nppicom") #this line is added
        ocv_list_filterout(CUDA_npp_LIBRARY "nppicom") #this line is added
        if(WITH_CUFFT)
            set(HAVE_CUFFT 1)
        endif()
    ...
    ...

■ Ubuntu 20.04 - this repo mainly targets ROS2 for Ubuntu 20.04

[Click to see]

Build OpenCV with CUDA - references: link 1
-D PYTHON3_PACKAGES_PATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages
- This is needed to prevent No module name cv2 when import cv2 in Python3

## optional, I just leave default OpenCV from ROS2, since I can set proper PATHS for desired OpenCV versions
## If you cannot, just do below:
$ sudo apt-get purge libopencv*
## (But you will have to sudo apt install ros-foxy-desktop again, when you need other packages related to this)

$ sudo apt-get purge python-opencv python3-opencv
$ pip uninstall opencv-python
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential pkg-config
$ sudo apt-get install -y cmake libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev \
    libglew-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libpostproc-dev \
    libswscale-dev libtbb-dev libtiff5-dev libv4l-dev libxvidcore-dev \
    libx264-dev qt5-default zlib1g-dev libgl1 libglvnd-dev pkg-config \
    libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev mesa-utils #libeigen3-dev # recommend to build from source : http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
$ sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-numpy
$ mkdir <opencv_source_directory> && cd <opencv_source_directory>


# check version
$ wget -O opencv.zip https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/4.5.5.zip # check version
$ unzip opencv.zip
$ cd <opencv_source_directory>/opencv 

$ wget -O opencv_contrib.zip https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/4.5.5.zip # check version
$ unzip opencv_contrib.zip

$ mkdir build && cd build
    
# check your CUDA_ARCH_BIN and CUDA_ARCH_PTX version : http://arnon.dk/matching-sm-architectures-arch-and-gencode-for-various-nvidia-cards/
# 8.6 for RTX3080 7.2 for Xavier, 5.2 for GTX TITAN X, 6.1 for GTX TITAN X(pascal), 6.2 for TX2
# -D BUILD_opencv_cudacodec=OFF #for cuda10-opencv3.4
    
$ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
      -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-9 \
      -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-9 \
      -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
      -D OPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=YES \
      -D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3.8 \
      -D PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE="" \
      -D BUILD_opencv_python3=ON \
      -D BUILD_opencv_python2=OFF \
      -D PYTHON3_PACKAGES_PATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages \
      -D BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON \
      -D OPENCV_SKIP_PYTHON_LOADER=ON \
      -D WITH_CUDA=ON \
      -D OPENCV_DNN_CUDA=ON \
      -D WITH_CUDNN=ON \
      -D CUDA_ARCH_BIN=8.6 \
      -D CUDA_ARCH_PTX=8.6 \
      -D ENABLE_FAST_MATH=ON \
      -D CUDA_FAST_MATH=ON \
      -D WITH_CUBLAS=ON \
      -D WITH_LIBV4L=ON \
      -D WITH_GSTREAMER=ON \
      -D WITH_GSTREAMER_0_10=OFF \
      -D WITH_CUFFT=ON \
      -D WITH_NVCUVID=ON \
      -D WITH_QT=ON \
      -D WITH_OPENGL=ON \
      -D WITH_IPP=OFF \
      -D WITH_V4L=ON \
      -D WITH_1394=OFF \
      -D WITH_GTK=ON \
      -D WITH_EIGEN=ON \
      -D WITH_FFMPEG=ON \
      -D WITH_TBB=ON \
      -D BUILD_opencv_cudacodec=OFF \
      -D CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS="--expt-relaxed-constexpr" \
      -D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../opencv_contrib-4.5.5/modules \
      ../
$ time make -j20 # 20 : numbers of core
$ sudo make install
$ sudo rm -r <opencv_source_directory> #optional for saving disk, but leave this folder to uninstall later, if you need.

● Trouble shooting for OpenCV build error:

No troubles found yet

● CV_Bridge with built OpenCV: Necessary for whom built OpenCV manually from above

■ ROS1-cv_bridge

[Click: CV_bridge with OpenCV 3.X version]

If OpenCV with CUDA were built manually, build cv_bridge manually also

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src && git clone https://github.com/ros-perception/vision_opencv
# since ROS Noetic is added, we have to checkout to melodic tree
$ cd vision_opencv && git checkout origin/melodic
$ gedit vision_opencv/cv_bridge/CMakeLists.txt

Edit OpenCV PATHS in CMakeLists and include cmake file

#when error, try both lines
find_package(OpenCV 3 REQUIRED PATHS /usr/local/share/OpenCV NO_DEFAULT_PATH
#find_package(OpenCV 3 HINTS /usr/local/share/OpenCV NO_DEFAULT_PATH
  COMPONENTS
    opencv_core
    opencv_imgproc
    opencv_imgcodecs
  CONFIG
)
include(/usr/local/share/OpenCV/OpenCVConfig.cmake) #under catkin_python_setup()

$ cd .. && catkin build cv_bridge

[Click: CV_bridge with OpenCV 4.X version]

Referred here

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src && git clone https://github.com/ros-perception/vision_opencv
# since ROS Noetic is added, we have to checkout to melodic tree
$ cd vision_opencv && git checkout origin/melodic
$ gedit vision_opencv/cv_bridge/CMakeLists.txt

Add options and edit OpenCV PATHS in CMakeLists

# add right after project()
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11) 

# edit find_package(OpenCV)
#find_package(OpenCV 4 REQUIRED PATHS /usr/local/share/opencv4 NO_DEFAULT_PATH
find_package(OpenCV 4 REQUIRED
  COMPONENTS
    opencv_core
    opencv_imgproc
    opencv_imgcodecs
  CONFIG
)
include(/usr/local/lib/cmake/opencv4/OpenCVConfig.cmake)

Edit cv_bridge/src/CMakeLists.txt

# line number 35, Edit 3 -> 4
if (OpenCV_VERSION_MAJOR VERSION_EQUAL 4)

Edit cv_bridge/src/module_opencv3.cpp

// line number 110
//    UMatData* allocate(int dims0, const int* sizes, int type, void* data, size_t* step, int flags, UMatUsageFlags usageFlags) const
    UMatData* allocate(int dims0, const int* sizes, int type, void* data, size_t* step, AccessFlag flags, UMatUsageFlags usageFlags) const

// line number 140
//    bool allocate(UMatData* u, int accessFlags, UMatUsageFlags usageFlags) const
    bool allocate(UMatData* u, AccessFlag accessFlags, UMatUsageFlags usageFlags) const

$ cd .. && catkin build cv_bridge

■ ROS2-cv_bridge

[Click: CV_bridge with OpenCV 4.X version]

If OpenCV with CUDA were built manually, build cv_bridge manually also

$ cd ~/colcon_ws/src && git clone https://github.com/ros-perception/vision_opencv
$ cd vision_opencv
$ git checkout origin/ros2

$ cd ~/colcon_ws
$ colcon build --symlink-install --packages-select cv_bridge image_geometry --allow-overriding cv_bridge image_geometry
$ source install/setup.bash

● USB performance : Have to improve performance of sensors with USB

[click to see]

Link : here for x86_64 desktops
TX1/TX2 : here
For Xavier : here

$ sudo ./flash.sh -k kernel -C "usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb=1000" -k kernel-dtb jetson-xavier mmcblk0p1

● Calibration : Kalibr -> synchronization, time offset, extrinsic parameter

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Kalibr -> synchronization, time offset
For ZED cameras : here
When Calibrating Fisheye camera like T265
- Try with MEI camera model, as here, which is omni-radtan in Kalibr
- and try this Pull to deal with NaNs here

● Trouble shooting for Kalibr errors

ImportError: No module named Image reference

$ gedit kalibr/aslam_offline_calibration/kalibr/python/kalibr_camera_calibration/MulticamGraph.py
#import Image
from PIL import Image

focal length initialization error

 $ gedit kalibr/aslam_cv/aslam_cameras/include/aslam/cameras/implementation/PinholeProjection.hpp
 # edit if sentence in line 781
 # comment from line 782 to 795
 f_guesses.push_back(2000.0) #initial guess of focal length!!!!

cameras are not connected

 $ gedit kalibr/aslam_offline_calibration/kalibr/python/kalibr_calibrate_cameras
 # comment from line 201 to 205

● IMU-Camera rotational extrinsic example

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Between ROS standard body(IMU) and camera
Left view : Between ROS standard body(IMU) and down-pitched (look downward) camera

3. Installation and Execution

■ ROS1 Algorithms:

● VINS-Fusion

[with `OpenCV3`(original): click to see]

git clone and build from source

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/VINS-Fusion #CPU
or 
$ git clone https://github.com/pjrambo/VINS-Fusion-gpu #GPU
$ cd .. && catkin build camera_models # camera models first
$ catkin build

Before build VINS-Fusion, process below could be required.

For GPU version, Edit CMakeLists.txt for loop_fusion and vins_estimator

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src/VINS-Fusion-gpu/loop_fusion && gedit CMakeLists.txt
or
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src/VINS-Fusion-gpu/vins_estimator && gedit CMakeLists.txt

##For loop_fusion : line 19
#find_package(OpenCV)
include(/usr/local/share/OpenCV/OpenCVConfig.cmake)

##For vins_estimator : line 20
#find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)
include(/usr/local/share/OpenCV/OpenCVConfig.cmake)

[with `OpenCV4`: click to see]

git clone and build, few cv codes are changed from original repo.

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/engcang/vins-application #Only CPU version yet
$ cd vins-application

$ mv vins_estimator ..
$ mv camera_models ..
$ cd ..
$ rm -r vins-application

$ cd .. 
$ catkin build

● Trouble shooting for VINS-Fusion

[click to see]

Aborted error when running vins_node :

 $ echo "export MALLOC_CHECK_=0" >> ~/.bashrc
 $ source ~/.bashrc

If want to try to deal with NaNs, refer here

● VINS-Fisheye

only for `OpenCV 3.4.1` and `Jetson TX2` (I guess yet, I failed on i9-10900k + RTX3080)

[click to see]

Get libSGM and install with OpenCV option as below:

$ git clone https://github.com/fixstars/libSGM
$ cd libSGM
$ git submodule update --init

check and edit CMakeLists.txt
$ gedit CMakeLists.txt
Edit
BUILD_OPENCV_WRAPPER=ON and ENABLE_TESTS=ON

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. -DBUILD_OPENCV_WRAPPER=ON -DENABLE_TESTS=ON
$ make -j6
$ sudo make install

do test
$ cd libSGM/build/test && ./sgm-test

Get VINS-Fisheye and install

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/xuhao1/VINS-Fisheye
$ cd ..

build camera_models first
$ catkin build camera_models

$ gedit src/VINS-Fisheye/vins_estimator/CMakeLists.txt
edit as below:
set(ENABLE_BACKWARD false)
or
$ sudo apt install libdw-dev

$ catkin build

● OpenVINS

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Get OpenVINS and install: refer doc, git

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/rpng/open_vins/
$ cd ..
$ catkin build

● EnVIO

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Get EnVIO and install: refer official git

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/lastflowers/envio.git
$ cd ..

$ catkin_make

or, if you want to use it with catkin build,
then

$ gedit src/envio/CMakeLists.txt
comment two lines, line 4 and 5
#set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "/usr/bin/g++-5")
#set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "/usr/bin/gcc-5")

$ catkin build

● ROVIO

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● Requirements

ROVIO receives input image as gray scale image - convert the RGB image as this file
Config files can be generated directly from Kalibr results:

$ rosrun kalibr kalibr_rovio_config --cam <cam-chain.yaml filename>

After using kalibr to convert the calibration result files to rovio_config files,
- Make sure to Edit Camera1 and Camera2 into Camera0 and Camera1 in .info file
- Make sure to Add Velocity Updates block in .info file

● Installation

Install kindr

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src && git clone https://github.com/ANYbotics/kindr
$ cd .. && catkin build -j8

Install ROVIO

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src && git clone https://github.com/ethz-asl/rovio
$ cd rovio && git submodule update --init --recursive

$ cd ..
$ catkin build rovio --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

# With with opengl scene (optional)
$ sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev libglew-dev
$ catkin build rovio --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DMAKE_SCENE=ON

● ORB-SLAM2

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● Installation

 $ cd ~/catkin_ws/src && git clone https://github.com/appliedAI-Initiative/orb_slam_2_ros
 $ cd .. && rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y
 $ catkin build

highly recommend this pull request to speedup loading Vocabulary here

● DM-VIO

[click to see]

Install dependencies

$ sudo apt-get install cmake libsuitesparse-dev libeigen3-dev libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libtbb-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglew-dev pkg-config libegl1-mesa-dev libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev wayland-protocols -y

$ cd ~/your_workspace
$ git clone https://github.com/borglab/gtsam.git
$ cd gtsam
$ git checkout 4.2a6          # not strictly necessary but this is the version tested with.
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake -DGTSAM_POSE3_EXPMAP=ON -DGTSAM_ROT3_EXPMAP=ON -DGTSAM_USE_SYSTEM_EIGEN=ON -DGTSAM_BUILD_WITH_MARCH_NATIVE=OFF ..
$ make -j
$ sudo make install

$ cd ~/your_workspace
$ git clone https://github.com/stevenlovegrove/Pangolin.git
$ cd Pangolin
$ git checkout v0.6
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ cmake --build .
$ sudo make install

Build DM-VIO and DM-VIO-ROS

$ cd ~/your_workspace
$ git clone https://github.com/lukasvst/dm-vio.git
$ cd dm-vio
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make -j10
$ echo "export DMVIO_BUILD=`pwd`" >> ~/.bashrc && . ~/.bashrc

$ cd ~/your_workspace/src
$ git clone https://github.com/lukasvst/dm-vio-ros.git
$ cd ~/your_workspace
$ catkin build
$ . devel/setup.bash
$ sudo ldconfig

Run on KAIST-VIO-Dataset, refer this config files

$ rosrun dmvio_ros node calib=camera_kaistvio.txt imuCalib=camchain_kaistvio.yaml settingsFile=setting_kaistvio.yaml mode=3 nogui=0 preset=1 quiet=1 useimu=1

■ ROS2 Algorithms:

● NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus

[click to see]

● Requirements

PC option1 - Ubuntu 20.04
- CUDA: 11.4-11.5 (11.6 cannot install VPI 1.1.11)
- NVIDIA Graphic driver >= 470.103.01
- (Important) NVIDIA VPI 1.1.11 (Only this version) - install with this files after CUDA installation
PC option2 - Jetpack 4.6.1 on Jetson Xavier AGX / NX
Topics: Raw stereo image + camera info topics + (Important!) /tf_static (including base_frame (e.g., camera_link) to left and right camera frame)

● Installation

$ sudo apt install git-lfs
$ cd ~/colcon_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS/isaac_ros_visual_slam &&
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS/isaac_ros_image_pipeline &&
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS/isaac_ros_common
$ cd ..
$ rosdep install -i -r --from-paths src --rosdistro foxy -y
$ colcon build --symlink-install && source install/setup.bash

● Run

Edit remapping topic names in the launch file below, before launching it.

# Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.

    ...

import launch
from launch_ros.actions import ComposableNodeContainer, Node
from launch_ros.descriptions import ComposableNode

    ...
    
        remappings=[('stereo_camera/left/image', '/camera/infra1/image_rect_raw'),
                    ('stereo_camera/left/camera_info', '/camera/infra1/camera_info'),
                    ('stereo_camera/right/image', '/camera/infra2/image_rect_raw'),
                    ('stereo_camera/right/camera_info', '/camera/infra2/camera_info')]
    )

    ...

If you want to run it with bag file, then use or refer this launch file
- since /tf_static cannot be recorded in bag file, static_transform_publisher should be added in the launch file as these lines

4. Comparison & Application

Conversion ROS topics into nav_msgs/Path to visualize in Rviz: use this github
Conversion compressed Images into raw Images: use this code

Simulation

VINS-Mono on FlightGoggles: youtube, with CPU youtube
ROVIO on FlightGoggles: youtube
ORB-SLAM2 on FlightGoggles: youtube
VINS with Loop fusion vs VINS on FlightGoggles: youtube
VINS-Mono vs ROVIO: youtube
VINS-Mono vs ROVIO vs ORB-SLAM2: youtube
VINS-Fusion (Stereo) vs S-MSCKF on FlightGoggles: youtube
VINS-Fusion (Stereo) based autonomous flight and 3D mapping using RGB-D camera: youtube

Real world

Hand-held - VINS-Mono with pointgrey cam, myAHRS+ imu on Jetson Xavier AGX: youtube, moved faster : youtube
Hand-held - ROVIO with Intel D435i on Jetson Xavier AGX: youtube
Hand-held - ORB-SLAM2 with Intel D435i on Jetson Xavier AGX: youtube
Hand-held - VINS(GPU version) with pointgrey, myAHRS at Intel i7-8700k, TITAN RTX: youtube
Hand-held - VINS(GPU version, Stereo) with Intel D435i, on Xavier AGX, max CPU clocked: youtube and youtube2 : screen
Hand-held - VINS-Fusion (Stereo) with Intel D435i and Pixhawk4 mini fused with T265 camera: here
Hand-held - VINS-Fusion (stereo) with Intel D435i and Pixhawk4 mini on 1km long underground tunnel: here
Hand-held - VINS-Fusion GPU version test using T265: here
Hand-held - VINS-Fusion (stereo) test using OAK-D: here
Hand-held - VINS-Fusion (stereo) test using OAK-D PRO: here
Real-Drone - VINS-Fusion with Intel D435i and Pixahwk4 mini on Real Hexarotor: here
Real-Drone - VINS-Fusion with Intel D435i and Pixahwk4 mini on Real Quadrotor: here
OpenVINS on KAIST VIO dataset: result youtube
- use this launch file including parameters
EnVIO vs VINS-Fusion on KAIST VIO dataset: result youtube
DM-VIO vs VINS-Mono on KAIST VIO dataset: result youtube
NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus in real-world: result youtube

5. VINS on mini onboard PCs

Qualcomm RB5 vs Khadas VIM3 Pro - Video

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 223 Commits
DM-VIO		DM-VIO
EnVIO		EnVIO
NVIDIA_Isaac_Elbrus		NVIDIA_Isaac_Elbrus
ORB-SLAM2		ORB-SLAM2
OpenVINS		OpenVINS
ROVIO		ROVIO
VINS-Fusion		VINS-Fusion
camera_models		camera_models
vins-fusion-px4		vins-fusion-px4
vins_estimator		vins_estimator
.gitignore		.gitignore
LICENSE		LICENSE
OpenGLHeader.patch		OpenGLHeader.patch
README.md		README.md
extrinsic.png		extrinsic.png
imu.yaml		imu.yaml
pitching.png		pitching.png

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VINS-application

Mainly focused on Build process and explanation

■ ROS1 algorithms:

● VINS-Fusion, VINS-Fusion-GPU, VINS-Fisheye, OpenVINS, EnVIO, ROVIO, ORB-SLAM2, DM-VIO

■ ROS2 algorithms:

● NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus

This repository contains many branches! as following:

■ ROS1 algorithms:

■ ROS2 algorithms:

Result clips: here

● Tested on: Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson Xavier AGX, Jetson TX2, Intel i9-10900k, i7-6700k, i7-8700k, i5-9600k

VINS-Fusion for PX4 with Masking: here

Index

0. Algorithms:

■ ROS1 Algorithms:

■ ROS2 Algorithms:

1. Parameters

2. Prerequisites

● Ceres solver and Eigen: Mandatory for VINS (build Eigen first)

● CUDA: Necessary for GPU version

● cuDNN: Necessary for GPU version

● OpenCV with CUDA and cuDNN: Necessary for GPU version

● CV_Bridge with Built OpenCV: Necessary for GPU version, and general ROS usage

● USB performance: Have to improve performance of sensors with USB

● IMU-Camera Calibration: Synchronization, time offset, extrinsic parameter

● IMU-Camera rotational extrinsic: Rotational extrinsic between IMU and Cam

3. Installation and Execution

■ ROS1 Algorithms:

■ ROS2 Algorithms:

4. Comparison & Application results

5. VINS on mini onboard PCs

1. Parameters

● VINS-Fusion:

2. Prerequisites

● Ceres solver and Eigen: Mandatory for VINS

● CUDA: Necessary for GPU version

● Trouble shooting for NVIDIA driver or CUDA: please see /var/log/cuda-installer.log or /var/log/nvidia-install.log

● cuDNN: strong library for Neural Network used with CUDA

● OpenCV with CUDA and cuDNN

■ Ubuntu 18.04 - this repo mainly targets ROS1 for Ubuntu 18.04

● Trouble shooting for OpenCV build error:

■ Ubuntu 20.04 - this repo mainly targets ROS2 for Ubuntu 20.04

● Trouble shooting for OpenCV build error:

● CV_Bridge with built OpenCV: Necessary for whom built OpenCV manually from above

■ ROS1-cv_bridge

■ ROS2-cv_bridge

● USB performance : Have to improve performance of sensors with USB

● Calibration : Kalibr -> synchronization, time offset, extrinsic parameter

● Trouble shooting for Kalibr errors

● IMU-Camera rotational extrinsic example

3. Installation and Execution

■ ROS1 Algorithms:

● VINS-Fusion

● Trouble shooting for VINS-Fusion

● VINS-Fisheye

only for OpenCV 3.4.1 and Jetson TX2 (I guess yet, I failed on i9-10900k + RTX3080)

● OpenVINS

● EnVIO

● ROVIO

● Requirements

● Installation

● ORB-SLAM2

● Installation

● DM-VIO

■ ROS2 Algorithms:

● NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus

● Requirements

● Installation

● Run

4. Comparison & Application

Simulation

Real world

5. VINS on mini onboard PCs

About

● `VINS-Fusion`, `VINS-Fusion-GPU`, `VINS-Fisheye`, `OpenVINS`, `EnVIO`, `ROVIO`, `ORB-SLAM2`, `DM-VIO`

● `NVIDIA Isaac Elbrus`

`VINS-Fusion` for PX4 with Masking: here

only for `OpenCV 3.4.1` and `Jetson TX2` (I guess yet, I failed on i9-10900k + RTX3080)

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