Effective Robotics Programming with ROS - Third Edition
by Luis Sanchez, Enrique Fernandez Perdomo, Anil Mahtani
Segmentation
Segmentation is the process of partitioning a dataset into different blocks of data satisfying certain criteria. The segmentation process can be done in many different ways and with varied criteria; sometimes, it may involve extracting structured information from a point cloud based on a statistical property, and in other cases, it can simply require extracting points in a specific color range.
In many cases, our data might fit a specific mathematical model, such as a plane, line, or sphere, among others. When this is the case, it is possible to use a model estimation algorithm to calculate the parameters for the model that fits our data. With those parameters, it is then possible to extract the points belonging to that model and ...
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