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Kidnap: Affect odom? #485

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Does kidnap affect odometry?

Yes, kidnapping the robot will affect the odometry in a negative way.
The Imu will be updating the orientation estimate while you suddenly move the robot.
It's also important to remember that the odometry provided by the robot is computed only through deadreckoning.
The pose estimate will drift over time. It's mostly suitable for local motion control.
You should augment the system with a slam algorithm to track the robot in a global frame.

Is orientation estimate updated using the imu?

Yes

There are non-zero x,y pose estimates in the odometry post kidnap. What do they reference?

Kidnapping affects the odometry. You shouldn't rely on the shown odometry va…

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