CHolonomicND.h

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#ifndef CHolonomicND_H
#define CHolonomicND_H
 
#include "CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod.h"
#include <mrpt/utils/CLoadableOptions.h>
 
namespace mrpt
{
  namespace nav
  {
        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE_PRE_CUSTOM_BASE_LINKAGE(CLogFileRecord_ND, CHolonomicLogFileRecord, NAV_IMPEXP)
        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE_PRE_CUSTOM_BASE_LINKAGE(CHolonomicND, CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod, NAV_IMPEXP )
 
        /** \addtogroup nav_holo Holonomic navigation methods
          * \ingroup mrpt_nav_grp
          * @{ */
        
        /** An implementation of the holonomic reactive navigation method "Nearness-Diagram".
         *   The algorithm "Nearness-Diagram" was proposed in:
         *
         *  Nearness diagram (ND) navigation: collision avoidance in troublesome scenarios, IEEE Transactions on
         *   Robotics and Automation, Minguez, J. and Montano, L., vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 45-59, 2004.
         *
         * These are the optional parameters of the method which can be set by means of a configuration file passed to the constructor or to CHolonomicND::initialize() or directly in \a CHolonomicND::options
         *
         * \code
         * # Section name can be changed via setConfigFileSectionName()
         * [ND_CONFIG]
         * factorWeights=1.0 0.5 2.0 0.4
         * // 1: Free space
         * // 2: Dist. in sectors
         * // 3: Closer to target (euclidean)
         * // 4: Hysteresis
         * WIDE_GAP_SIZE_PERCENT            = 0.25
         * MAX_SECTOR_DIST_FOR_D2_PERCENT   = 0.25
         * RISK_EVALUATION_SECTORS_PERCENT  = 0.25
         * RISK_EVALUATION_DISTANCE         = 0.15  // In normalized ps-meters [0,1]
         * TARGET_SLOW_APPROACHING_DISTANCE = 0.60  // For stopping gradually
         * TOO_CLOSE_OBSTACLE               = 0.02  // In normalized ps-meters
         * \endcode
         *
         *  \sa CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod,CReactiveNavigationSystem
         */
        class NAV_IMPEXP CHolonomicND : public CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod
        {
                DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE( CHolonomicND )
        public:
                 /**  Initialize the parameters of the navigator, from some configuration file, or default values if set to NULL */
                CHolonomicND( const mrpt::utils::CConfigFileBase *INI_FILE = NULL );
 
                // See base class docs
                void navigate(const NavInput & ni, NavOutput &no) MRPT_OVERRIDE;
 
                /** The structure used to store a detected gap in obstacles. */
                struct TGap
                {
                        unsigned int  ini;
                        unsigned int  end;
                        double        maxDistance;
                        double            minDistance;
                        unsigned int  representative_sector;
                };
 
                typedef std::vector<TGap> TGapArray;
 
                /** The set of posible situations for each trajectory. (mrpt::utils::TEnumType works with this enum) */
                enum TSituations
                {
                        SITUATION_TARGET_DIRECTLY = 1,
                        SITUATION_SMALL_GAP,
                        SITUATION_WIDE_GAP,
                        SITUATION_NO_WAY_FOUND
                };
 
                /**  Initialize the parameters of the navigator. */
                void  initialize(const mrpt::utils::CConfigFileBase &INI_FILE) MRPT_OVERRIDE;
                virtual void saveConfigFile(mrpt::utils::CConfigFileBase &c) const MRPT_OVERRIDE; // See base class docs
 
                /** Algorithm options */
                struct NAV_IMPEXP TOptions : public mrpt::utils::CLoadableOptions
                {
                        double TOO_CLOSE_OBSTACLE,WIDE_GAP_SIZE_PERCENT,RISK_EVALUATION_SECTORS_PERCENT;
                        double RISK_EVALUATION_DISTANCE,MAX_SECTOR_DIST_FOR_D2_PERCENT;
                        double TARGET_SLOW_APPROACHING_DISTANCE;
                        std::vector<double> factorWeights;  //!< Vector of 4 weights: [0]=Free space, [1]=Dist. in sectors, [2]=Closer to target (Euclidean), [3]=Hysteresis
 
 
                        TOptions();
                        void loadFromConfigFile(const mrpt::utils::CConfigFileBase &source,const std::string &section) MRPT_OVERRIDE; // See base docs
                        void saveToConfigFile(mrpt::utils::CConfigFileBase &cfg ,const std::string &section) const MRPT_OVERRIDE; // See base docs
                };
 
                TOptions options;  //!< Parameters of the algorithm (can be set manually or loaded from CHolonomicND::initialize or options.loadFromConfigFile(), etc.)
 
                double getTargetApproachSlowDownDistance() const MRPT_OVERRIDE { return options.TARGET_SLOW_APPROACHING_DISTANCE; }
                void setTargetApproachSlowDownDistance(const double dist) MRPT_OVERRIDE { options.TARGET_SLOW_APPROACHING_DISTANCE = dist; }
 
        private:
                unsigned int m_last_selected_sector;
 
                unsigned int direction2sector(const double a, const unsigned int N);
 
                /**  Find gaps in the obtacles.
                  */
                void  gapsEstimator(
                        const std::vector<double>         & obstacles,
                        const mrpt::math::TPoint2D  & in_target,
                        TGapArray                   & gaps );
 
 
                /** Search the best gap.
                  */
                void  searchBestGap(
                        const std::vector<double>         & in_obstacles,
                        const double                  in_maxObsRange,
                        const TGapArray             & in_gaps,
                        const mrpt::math::TPoint2D  & in_target,
                        unsigned int                & out_selDirection,
                        double                      & out_selEvaluation,
                        TSituations                 & out_situation,
                        double                      & out_riskEvaluation,
                        CLogFileRecord_NDPtr          log);
 
                /** Fills in the representative sector field in the gap structure:
                  */
                void  calcRepresentativeSectorForGap(
                        TGap                        & gap,
                        const mrpt::math::TPoint2D  & target,
                        const std::vector<double>         & obstacles);
 
                /** Evaluate each gap:
                  */
                void  evaluateGaps(
                        const std::vector<double> & in_obstacles,
                        const double          in_maxObsRange,
                        const TGapArray     & in_gaps,
                        const unsigned int        TargetSector,
                        const float          TargetDist,
                        std::vector<double>       & out_gaps_evaluation );
 
        }; // end of CHolonomicND
        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE_POST_CUSTOM_BASE_LINKAGE( CHolonomicND, CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod, NAV_IMPEXP )
 
        /** A class for storing extra information about the execution of
         *    CHolonomicND navigation.
         * \sa CHolonomicND, CHolonomicLogFileRecord
         */
        class CLogFileRecord_ND : public CHolonomicLogFileRecord
        {
                DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE( CLogFileRecord_ND )
 
        public:
                 /** Member data.
                   */
                vector_int                              gaps_ini,gaps_end;
                std::vector<double>                     gaps_eval;
                int32_t                 selectedSector;
                double                   evaluation;
                double                                  riskEvaluation;
                CHolonomicND::TSituations      situation;
        };
        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE_POST_CUSTOM_BASE_LINKAGE(CLogFileRecord_ND, CHolonomicLogFileRecord, NAV_IMPEXP)
 
          /** @} */
        } // end namespace
 
        // Specializations MUST occur at the same namespace:
        namespace utils
        {
                template <>
                struct TEnumTypeFiller<nav::CHolonomicND::TSituations>
                {
                        typedef nav::CHolonomicND::TSituations enum_t;
                        static void fill(bimap<enum_t,std::string>  &m_map)
                        {
                                m_map.insert(nav::CHolonomicND::SITUATION_TARGET_DIRECTLY, "SITUATION_TARGET_DIRECTLY");
                                m_map.insert(nav::CHolonomicND::SITUATION_SMALL_GAP,       "SITUATION_SMALL_GAP");
                                m_map.insert(nav::CHolonomicND::SITUATION_WIDE_GAP,        "SITUATION_WIDE_GAP");
                                m_map.insert(nav::CHolonomicND::SITUATION_NO_WAY_FOUND,    "SITUATION_NO_WAY_FOUND");
                        }
                };
        } // End of namespace
}
 
 
#endif