# RTAB-Slam, is it doable on the rpi3?

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**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/rtab-slam-is-it-doable-on-the-rpi3/943 "2022-03-28T06:59:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![inmoov](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/inmoov/32/473_2.png) [@inmoov](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/inmoov)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/rtab-slam-is-it-doable-on-the-rpi3/943/1 "2022-03-28T06:59:48Z")

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Hi,

I’m wondering is RTAB-Slam (mapping and navigation) doable on the existing raspberri Pi 3 on Magni? or will it struggle and crash?

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**Author:** ![inmoov](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/inmoov/32/473_2.png) [@inmoov](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/inmoov)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/rtab-slam-is-it-doable-on-the-rpi3/943/2 "2022-03-30T12:25:04Z")

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any reply on this please?

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**Author:** ![MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/moffkalast/32/214_2.png) [@MoffKalast](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/MoffKalast)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/rtab-slam-is-it-doable-on-the-rpi3/943/3 "2022-03-31T21:53:44Z")

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That sounds obscure, I don’t suppose anyone’s tried it yet so it’s hard to say if it works or not. Regardless if you were to try it I’d suggest going with a Pi 4 instead.

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**Author:** ![mjstn2011](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/mjstn2011/32/30_2.png) [@mjstn2011](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/mjstn2011)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/rtab-slam-is-it-doable-on-the-rpi3/943/4 "2022-04-03T05:07:15Z")

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As an added note: Should you decide to try that Slam package and decide to put in a Pi4, only put in a Pi4 if your MCB (main magni board) is rev 5.2 or 5.3 as we cannot support Pi4 on earlier MCB boards with any certainty. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![inmoov](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/user_avatar/forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/inmoov/32/473_2.png) [@inmoov](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/u/inmoov)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ubiquityrobotics.com/t/rtab-slam-is-it-doable-on-the-rpi3/943/5 "2022-04-30T15:17:08Z")

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@mjstn2011 ,

So extremely very difficult to perform RTAB-Mapping with Magni (which failed as well…)

but using another Platform - it’s just a breeze and only took less than 10 minutes for a single area.

![image](https://frm.ubiquityrobotics.com/uploads/default/original/1X/40bc647540b767aab2fcd2785986a626e1edd4aa.png)