def METHOD_NAME(tf_frame):
    """
    Function for splitting a frame into its path components for easier comparison, ignoring slashes ('/').
    :param tf_frame: (string) TF frame
    :return: (list) List of TF Frame path components.
                    E.g.: for '/GT/base_link' it returns ['GT', 'base_link']
    """
    return filter(None, tf_frame.split('/'))