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RTAB-Map

IntRoLab — Université de Sherbrooke

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RTAB-Map

IntRoLab — Université de Sherbrooke

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RGB-D / stereo / LiDAR graph SLAM with appearance-based loop closure and memory management for real-time large-scale and long-term mapping — the go-to open-source 3D SLAM for camera-equipped robots.

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RGB-D / stereo / LiDAR graph SLAM with appearance-based loop closure and memory management for real-time large-scale and long-term mapping — the go-to open-source 3D SLAM for camera-equipped robots.

licenseBSD-3-Clause
$sudo apt install ros-<distro>-rtabmap-ros

RGB-D / stereo / LiDAR graph SLAM with appearance-based loop closure and memory management for real-time large-scale and long-term mapping — the go-to open-source 3D SLAM for camera-equipped robots.

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Overview

RTAB-Map (Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping) is a graph-SLAM library built around a bag-of-words loop-closure detector and a memory-management scheme that bounds online computation, enabling long-term and large-scale mapping in real time. It fuses RGB-D cameras, stereo rigs, 3D/2D LiDAR, IMU and GPS; produces dense point-cloud maps, OctoMaps, 2D occupancy grids and textured meshes; and ships first-class ROS 1/ROS 2 integration (rtabmap_ros) plus standalone desktop tooling. Developed since 2013 at IntRoLab, Université de Sherbrooke, it is among the most-used visual SLAM systems for AMRs, inspection robots and handheld scanning.

slamrgb-dvisual-slamloop-closurerosopen-source

Key features

  • Multi-sensor: RGB-D, stereo, LiDAR, IMU, GPS in one graph
  • Appearance-based loop closure with memory management for unbounded sessions
  • Outputs occupancy grids, point clouds, OctoMap and textured meshes
  • Standalone GUI + ROS 1/2 packages (rtabmap_ros)

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At a glance

Algorithm
Graph SLAM with appearance-based (bag-of-words) loop closure and memory-managed online optimization
Sensor Modalities
RGB-D, stereo, 3D/2D LiDAR, IMU, GPS, odometry
Map Type
3D
ROS Compatible
Yes

Manufacturer

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IntRoLab — Université de Sherbrooke

Intelligent / Interactive / Integrated / Interdisciplinary Robot Lab — creators of RTAB-Map

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At a glance

Algorithm
Graph SLAM with appearance-based (bag-of-words) loop closure and memory-managed online optimization
Sensor Modalities
RGB-D, stereo, 3D/2D LiDAR, IMU, GPS, odometry
Map Type
3D
ROS Compatible
Yes

Manufacturer

I—
IntRoLab — Université de Sherbrooke

Intelligent / Interactive / Integrated / Interdisciplinary Robot Lab — creators of RTAB-Map

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