import rosbag import tf import sys from tf.msg import tfMessage if len(sys.argv) < 2: print 'Usage: $ python extract_scans.py "2012-01-25-12-14-25"' sys.exit(0) bagName = sys.argv[1] with rosbag.Bag(bagName + '_scans.bag', 'w') as outbag: print 'Processing ' + bagName + '.bag...' for topic, msg, t in rosbag.Bag(bagName + '.bag').read_messages(): if topic == "/tf": outbag.write(topic, msg, t) elif topic == "/base_scan": outbag.write(topic, msg, t) elif topic == "/robot_pose_ekf/odom_combined": outbag.write(topic, msg, t) print 'Output: ' + bagName + '_out.bag'