Fuerte Explore package in a real environment problem (again)

asked 2013-06-06 09:50:07 -0500

Zayin
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updated 2013-06-12 05:49:27 -0500

I created my own Explore package to be used in the real world. My package is basically identical to Explore_stage (http://www.ros.org/wiki/explore) with a few modifications to the XML, yaml and launch files, and altered to use gmapping as its map. Moreover, I have changed explore.cpp according to the 2 TODO comments. My modified package can be found here: https://github.com/LadyZayin/explore

Explore works well on Stage (I receive many warnings, but it works). In the real world, the robot stops moving after exploring for a small while; it wanders across half of the room for some time (ranging from 10 seconds to 5 minutes), then it stops. If I wait for several minutes, it sometimes restarts moving for a few seconds, then stops again. I receive many of the following warning in the terminal: [ WARN] [1370547349.514586524]: Entropy has not been updated. Loop closure opportunities may be ignored. I don't know if both problems are related.

Any ideas?

answered 2013-06-11 03:23:04 -0500

jannik.laval
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Hi,

I am using your configuration to try to work with Turtlebot. On Groovy, when I did a "rostopic echo /move_base/status", I received a lot of message to say that the goal has been cancelled by a new one. So, I reduce the frequency for the planner, and the turtlebot works:

I hope it can help you.

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I'm glad my package worked for you (and on Groovy on top of that)! I'm happy my work has shown to be useful after all the questions I've asked here lol. Anyway, I'll try your suggestion and post the outcome. Thanks! By the way, what is the frequency that worked for you?

Zayin ( 2013-06-11 04:45:13 -0500 )edit

I added this value: <param name="planner_frequency" value="0.08"/>, but it seems to depend on the size of the room. I don't understand why the algorithm don't use the move_base status feedback

jannik.laval ( 2013-06-11 05:14:33 -0500 )edit

Isn't that frequency too small? Did you mean 0.8? Or is it supposed to be very slow? It doesn't seem to help that much.

Also, in which file have you put your line? explore_slam.xml?

Zayin ( 2013-06-11 06:12:02 -0500 )edit

I forgot to mention something. Have you modified explore.cpp in the main Explore folder? I have followed the suggestions in both TODOs. Maybe that's causing issues. I will revert them back and see what happens.

Zayin ( 2013-06-11 06:53:00 -0500 )edit

It is not too small: the explore node use a simple goal server. It means that when it send a goal, it override the previous one. This is why the robot doesn't move: it always cancel the destination. I added the line in explore_slam.xml.

jannik.laval ( 2013-06-11 07:03:16 -0500 )edit

I found the parameter in the explore.cpp file. But I don't change the explore.cpp. What do you change in that file ?

jannik.laval ( 2013-06-11 07:05:30 -0500 )edit

In fact, to determine the frequency, just run this line "rostopic echo /move_base/status" and see if there is too much canceling goals

jannik.laval ( 2013-06-11 07:06:48 -0500 )edit

There are two comments in explore.cpp labelled as TODO. Unless the Groovy version is different? But I think they're the same, aren't they?

Zayin ( 2013-06-11 07:18:45 -0500 )edit

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