tf_echo.cpp

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#include <cstdio>
#include "tf/transform_listener.h"
#include "ros/ros.h"

class echoListener
{
public:

  tf::TransformListener tf;

  //constructor with name
  echoListener()
  {

  };

  ~echoListener()
  {

  };

private:

};


int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
  //Initialize ROS
  ros::init(argc, argv, "tf_echo", ros::init_options::AnonymousName);

  if (argc != 3)
  {
    printf("Usage: tf_echo source_frame target_frame\n\n");
    printf("This will echo the transform from the coordinate frame of the source_frame\n");
    printf("to the coordinate frame of the target_frame. \n");
    printf("Note: This is the transform to get data from target_frame into the source_frame.\n");
    return -1;
  }

  ros::NodeHandle nh;
  //Instantiate a local listener
  echoListener echoListener;


  std::string source_frameid = std::string(argv[1]);
  std::string target_frameid = std::string(argv[2]);

  // Wait for up to one second for the first transforms to become avaiable. 
  echoListener.tf.waitForTransform(source_frameid, target_frameid, ros::Time(), ros::Duration(1.0));

  //Nothing needs to be done except wait for a quit
  //The callbacks withing the listener class
  //will take care of everything
  while(nh.ok())
    {
      try
      {
        tf::StampedTransform echo_transform;
        echoListener.tf.lookupTransform(source_frameid, target_frameid, ros::Time(), echo_transform);
        std::cout.precision(3);
        std::cout.setf(std::ios::fixed,std::ios::floatfield);
        std::cout << "At time " << echo_transform.stamp_.toSec() << std::endl;
        double yaw, pitch, roll;
        echo_transform.getBasis().getRPY(roll, pitch, yaw);
        tf::Quaternion q = echo_transform.getRotation();
        tf::Vector3 v = echo_transform.getOrigin();
        std::cout << "- Translation: [" << v.getX() << ", " << v.getY() << ", " << v.getZ() << "]" << std::endl;
        std::cout << "- Rotation: in Quaternion [" << q.getX() << ", " << q.getY() << ", " 
                  << q.getZ() << ", " << q.getW() << "]" << std::endl
                  << "            in RPY [" <<  roll << ", " << pitch << ", " << yaw << "]" << std::endl;

        //print transform
      }
      catch(tf::TransformException& ex)
      {
        std::cout << "Failure at "<< ros::Time::now() << std::endl;
        std::cout << "Exception thrown:" << ex.what()<< std::endl;
        std::cout << "The current list of frames is:" <<std::endl;
        std::cout << echoListener.tf.allFramesAsString()<<std::endl;
        
      }
      sleep(1);
    }

  return 0;
};