CHolonomicND.h

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#ifndef CHolonomicND_H
#define CHolonomicND_H

#include "CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod.h"
#include <mrpt/config/CLoadableOptions.h>

namespace mrpt::nav
{
class CLogFileRecord_ND;
/** \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 CHolonomicND : public CAbstractHolonomicReactiveMethod
{
    DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE(CHolonomicND)
   public:
    /**  Initialize the parameters of the navigator, from some configuration
     * file, or default values if set to nullptr */
    CHolonomicND(const mrpt::config::CConfigFileBase* INI_FILE = nullptr);

    // See base class docs
    void navigate(const NavInput& ni, NavOutput& no) 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;
    };

    using TGapArray = std::vector<TGap>;

    /** The set of posible situations for each trajectory.
     * (mrpt::typemeta::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::config::CConfigFileBase& INI_FILE) override;
    virtual void saveConfigFile(mrpt::config::CConfigFileBase& c)
        const override;  // See base class docs

    /** Algorithm options */
    struct TOptions : public mrpt::config::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;
        /** Vector of 4 weights: [0]=Free space, [1]=Dist. in sectors,
         * [2]=Closer to target (Euclidean), [3]=Hysteresis */
        std::vector<double> factorWeights;

        TOptions();
        void loadFromConfigFile(
            const mrpt::config::CConfigFileBase& source,
            const std::string& section) override;  // See base docs
        void saveToConfigFile(
            mrpt::config::CConfigFileBase& cfg,
            const std::string& section) const override;  // See base docs
    };

    /** Parameters of the algorithm (can be set manually or loaded from
     * CHolonomicND::initialize or options.loadFromConfigFile(), etc.) */
    TOptions options;

    double getTargetApproachSlowDownDistance() const override
    {
        return options.TARGET_SLOW_APPROACHING_DISTANCE;
    }
    void setTargetApproachSlowDownDistance(const double dist) 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_ND& 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

/** 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.
     */
    std::vector<int> gaps_ini, gaps_end;
    std::vector<double> gaps_eval;
    int32_t selectedSector;
    double evaluation;
    double riskEvaluation;
    CHolonomicND::TSituations situation;
};

/** @} */
}
MRPT_ENUM_TYPE_BEGIN(mrpt::nav::CHolonomicND::TSituations)
using namespace mrpt::nav;
MRPT_FILL_ENUM_MEMBER(CHolonomicND, SITUATION_TARGET_DIRECTLY);
MRPT_FILL_ENUM_MEMBER(CHolonomicND, SITUATION_SMALL_GAP);
MRPT_FILL_ENUM_MEMBER(CHolonomicND, SITUATION_WIDE_GAP);
MRPT_FILL_ENUM_MEMBER(CHolonomicND, SITUATION_NO_WAY_FOUND);
MRPT_ENUM_TYPE_END()

#endif