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Cascade controller in ROS

asked 2020-07-03 06:11:15 -0500

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Hey,

I am currently trying to simulate my robot in Gazebo with ROS. I know about ros_control and all the given controllers and they are working fine. But the actual robot i want to simulate has more complex controllers than just one pid. Did anyone manage to implement a cascade controller in ROS or maybe has an Idea how to start? I already have created a simple custom controller an was able to load it with the controller manager. But i don't know how to implement the cascade structure... I am using Rosdistro melodic version 1.14.5 on Ubuntu 18.04

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Any update on this ? I am trying to achieve something like this,

amjack ( 2020-12-03 04:02:53 -0500 )edit

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answered 2021-01-31 09:44:19 -0500

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You will need to create a custom robot_hw interface first. Then I'd recommend starting with the PID class in the control_toolbox and creating two separate controllers, an inner and outer. You will need your inner loop to run faster than your outer loop or you could introduce significant instability to your outer control loop.

As for examples I'm not too sure there are many in ROS, most people use a single PID for position or velocity and write it straight as an effort (eg motor volts).

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