examples/slam/pose_graph_2d/pose_graph_2d.cc

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// Author: vitus@google.com (Michael Vitus)
//
// An example of solving a graph-based formulation of Simultaneous Localization
// and Mapping (SLAM). It reads a 2D pose graph problem definition file in the
// g2o format, formulates and solves the Ceres optimization problem, and outputs
// the original and optimized poses to file for plotting.

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "absl/flags/flag.h"
#include "absl/flags/parse.h"
#include "absl/log/check.h"
#include "absl/log/initialize.h"
#include "absl/log/log.h"
#include "angle_manifold.h"
#include "ceres/ceres.h"
#include "common/read_g2o.h"
#include "pose_graph_2d_error_term.h"
#include "types.h"

ABSL_FLAG(std::string,
          input,
          "",
          "The pose graph definition filename in g2o format.");

namespace ceres::examples {
namespace {

// Constructs the nonlinear least squares optimization problem from the pose
// graph constraints.
void BuildOptimizationProblem(const std::vector<Constraint2d>& constraints,
                              std::map<int, Pose2d>* poses,
                              ceres::Problem* problem) {
  CHECK(poses != nullptr);
  CHECK(problem != nullptr);
  if (constraints.empty()) {
    LOG(INFO) << "No constraints, no problem to optimize.";
    return;
  }

  ceres::LossFunction* loss_function = nullptr;
  ceres::Manifold* angle_manifold = AngleManifold::Create();

  for (const auto& constraint : constraints) {
    auto pose_begin_iter = poses->find(constraint.id_begin);
    CHECK(pose_begin_iter != poses->end())
        << "Pose with ID: " << constraint.id_begin << " not found.";
    auto pose_end_iter = poses->find(constraint.id_end);
    CHECK(pose_end_iter != poses->end())
        << "Pose with ID: " << constraint.id_end << " not found.";

    const Eigen::Matrix3d sqrt_information =
        constraint.information.llt().matrixL();
    // Ceres will take ownership of the pointer.
    ceres::CostFunction* cost_function = PoseGraph2dErrorTerm::Create(
        constraint.x, constraint.y, constraint.yaw_radians, sqrt_information);
    problem->AddResidualBlock(cost_function,
                              loss_function,
                              &pose_begin_iter->second.x,
                              &pose_begin_iter->second.y,
                              &pose_begin_iter->second.yaw_radians,
                              &pose_end_iter->second.x,
                              &pose_end_iter->second.y,
                              &pose_end_iter->second.yaw_radians);

    problem->SetManifold(&pose_begin_iter->second.yaw_radians, angle_manifold);
    problem->SetManifold(&pose_end_iter->second.yaw_radians, angle_manifold);
  }

  // The pose graph optimization problem has three DOFs that are not fully
  // constrained. This is typically referred to as gauge freedom. You can apply
  // a rigid body transformation to all the nodes and the optimization problem
  // will still have the exact same cost. The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm has
  // internal damping which mitigate this issue, but it is better to properly
  // constrain the gauge freedom. This can be done by setting one of the poses
  // as constant so the optimizer cannot change it.
  auto pose_start_iter = poses->begin();
  CHECK(pose_start_iter != poses->end()) << "There are no poses.";
  problem->SetParameterBlockConstant(&pose_start_iter->second.x);
  problem->SetParameterBlockConstant(&pose_start_iter->second.y);
  problem->SetParameterBlockConstant(&pose_start_iter->second.yaw_radians);
}

// Returns true if the solve was successful.
bool SolveOptimizationProblem(ceres::Problem* problem) {
  CHECK(problem != nullptr);

  ceres::Solver::Options options;
  options.max_num_iterations = 100;
  options.linear_solver_type = ceres::SPARSE_NORMAL_CHOLESKY;

  ceres::Solver::Summary summary;
  ceres::Solve(options, problem, &summary);

  std::cout << summary.FullReport() << '\n';

  return summary.IsSolutionUsable();
}

// Output the poses to the file with format: ID x y yaw_radians.
bool OutputPoses(const std::string& filename,
                 const std::map<int, Pose2d>& poses) {
  std::fstream outfile;
  outfile.open(filename.c_str(), std::istream::out);
  if (!outfile) {
    std::cerr << "Error opening the file: " << filename << '\n';
    return false;
  }
  for (const auto& pair : poses) {
    outfile << pair.first << " " << pair.second.x << " " << pair.second.y << ' '
            << pair.second.yaw_radians << '\n';
  }
  return true;
}

}  // namespace
}  // namespace ceres::examples

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  absl::InitializeLog();
  absl::ParseCommandLine(argc, argv);

  if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_input).empty()) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Usage pose_graph_3d --input=<filename>";
    return 1;
  }

  std::map<int, ceres::examples::Pose2d> poses;
  std::vector<ceres::examples::Constraint2d> constraints;
  CHECK(ceres::examples::ReadG2oFile(
      absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_input), &poses, &constraints))
      << "Error reading the file: " << absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_input);

  std::cout << "Number of poses: " << poses.size() << '\n';
  std::cout << "Number of constraints: " << constraints.size() << '\n';

  CHECK(ceres::examples::OutputPoses("poses_original.txt", poses))
      << "Error outputting to poses_original.txt";

  ceres::Problem problem;
  ceres::examples::BuildOptimizationProblem(constraints, &poses, &problem);

  CHECK(ceres::examples::SolveOptimizationProblem(&problem))
      << "The solve was not successful, exiting.";

  CHECK(ceres::examples::OutputPoses("poses_optimized.txt", poses))
      << "Error outputting to poses_original.txt";

  return 0;
}