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Cartographer

Open-source

Google / ROS

Cartographer is a SLAM library developed by Google, capable of building real-time 2D and 3D maps. Widely used in mobile robotics with ROS, it supports LiDAR, IMU, odometry and GPS. Its submap approach enables global graph optimization for loop closure.

Key features

◆Real-time 2D and 3D SLAM
◆Loop closure through graph optimization
◆Native ROS integration

Supported sensors

Ouster, Velodyne, SICK, Hokuyo

ROS

ROS1 + ROS2 Humble

Pricing

Open-source (Apache 2.0)

Platforms

Linux, ROS, ROS2

#slam#mapping#ros

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