CMetricMapBuilderICP.h

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#ifndef CMetricMapBuilderICP_H
#define CMetricMapBuilderICP_H

#include <mrpt/slam/CMetricMapBuilder.h>
#include <mrpt/slam/CICP.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CRobot2DPoseEstimator.h>

namespace mrpt::slam
{
/** A class for very simple 2D SLAM based on ICP. This is a non-probabilistic
 *pose tracking algorithm.
 *   Map are stored as in files as binary dumps of "mrpt::maps::CSimpleMap"
 *objects. The methods are
 *   thread-safe.
 * \ingroup metric_slam_grp
 */
class CMetricMapBuilderICP : public mrpt::slam::CMetricMapBuilder
{
   public:
    /** Default constructor - Upon construction, you can set the parameters in
     * ICP_options, then call "initialize".
      */
    CMetricMapBuilderICP();

    /** Destructor:
      */
    virtual ~CMetricMapBuilderICP();

    /** Algorithm configuration params
      */
    struct TConfigParams : public mrpt::config::CLoadableOptions
    {
        /** Initializer */
        TConfigParams(mrpt::system::VerbosityLevel& parent_verbosity_level);
        TConfigParams& operator=(const TConfigParams& other);  // Copy
        // assignment

        void loadFromConfigFile(
            const mrpt::config::CConfigFileBase& source,
            const std::string& section) override;  // See base docs
        void dumpToTextStream(
            std::ostream& out) const override;  // See base docs
        /** (default:false) Match against the occupancy grid or the points map?
         * The former is quicker but less precise. */
        bool matchAgainstTheGrid;

        /** Minimum robot linear (m) displacement for a new observation to be
         * inserted in the map. */
        double insertionLinDistance;
        /** Minimum robot angular (rad, deg when loaded from the .ini)
         * displacement for a new observation to be inserted in the map. */
        double insertionAngDistance;
        /** Minimum robot linear (m) displacement for a new observation to be
         * used to do ICP-based localization (otherwise, dead-reckon with
         * odometry). */
        double localizationLinDistance;
        /** Minimum robot angular (rad, deg when loaded from the .ini)
         * displacement for a new observation to be used to do ICP-based
         * localization (otherwise, dead-reckon with odometry). */
        double localizationAngDistance;

        /** Minimum ICP goodness (0,1) to accept the resulting corrected
         * position (default: 0.40) */
        double minICPgoodnessToAccept;

        mrpt::system::VerbosityLevel& verbosity_level;

        /** What maps to create (at least one points map and/or a grid map are
         * needed).
          *  For the expected format in the .ini file when loaded with
         * loadFromConfigFile(), see documentation of
         * TSetOfMetricMapInitializers.
          */
        mrpt::maps::TSetOfMetricMapInitializers mapInitializers;
    };

    /** Options for the ICP-SLAM application \sa ICP_params */
    TConfigParams ICP_options;
    /** Options for the ICP algorithm itself \sa ICP_options */
    CICP::TConfigParams ICP_params;

    /** Initialize the method, starting with a known location PDF "x0"(if
     * supplied, set to nullptr to left unmodified) and a given fixed, past map.
      *  This method MUST be called if using the default constructor, after
     * loading the configuration into ICP_options. In particular,
     * TConfigParams::mapInitializers
      */
    void initialize(
        const mrpt::maps::CSimpleMap& initialMap = mrpt::maps::CSimpleMap(),
        const mrpt::poses::CPosePDF* x0 = nullptr) override;

    /** Returns a copy of the current best pose estimation as a pose PDF.
      */
    mrpt::poses::CPose3DPDF::Ptr getCurrentPoseEstimation() const override;

    /** Sets the "current map file", thus that map will be loaded if it exists
     * or a new one will be created if it does not, and the updated map will be
     * save to that file when destroying the object.
      */
    void setCurrentMapFile(const char* mapFile);

    /** Appends a new action and observations to update this map: See the
     *description of the class at the top of this page to see a more complete
     *description.
     *  \param action The estimation of the incremental pose change in the robot
     *pose.
     *  \param in_SF The set of observations that robot senses at the new pose.
     * See params in CMetricMapBuilder::options and
     *CMetricMapBuilderICP::ICP_options
     * \sa processObservation
     */
    void processActionObservation(
        mrpt::obs::CActionCollection& action,
        mrpt::obs::CSensoryFrame& in_SF) override;

    /**  The main method of this class: Process one odometry or sensor
     observation.
        The new entry point of the algorithm (the old one  was
     processActionObservation, which now is a wrapper to
      this method).
     * See params in CMetricMapBuilder::options and
     CMetricMapBuilderICP::ICP_options
      */
    void processObservation(const mrpt::obs::CObservation::Ptr& obs);

    /** Fills "out_map" with the set of "poses"-"sensory-frames", thus the so
     * far built map */
    void getCurrentlyBuiltMap(mrpt::maps::CSimpleMap& out_map) const override;

    /** Returns the 2D points of current local map */
    void getCurrentMapPoints(std::vector<float>& x, std::vector<float>& y);

    const mrpt::maps::CMultiMetricMap* getCurrentlyBuiltMetricMap()
        const override;

    /** Returns just how many sensory-frames are stored in the currently build
     * map */
    unsigned int getCurrentlyBuiltMapSize() override;

    /** A useful method for debugging: the current map (and/or poses) estimation
     * is dumped to an image file.
      * \param file The output file name
      * \param formatEMF_BMP Output format = true:EMF, false:BMP
      */
    void saveCurrentEstimationToImage(
        const std::string& file, bool formatEMF_BMP = true) override;

   private:
    /** The set of observations that leads to current map: */
    mrpt::maps::CSimpleMap SF_Poses_seq;

    /** The metric map representation as a points map: */
    mrpt::maps::CMultiMetricMap metricMap;

    /** Current map file. */
    std::string currentMapFile;

    /** The pose estimation by the alignment algorithm (ICP). */
    /** Last pose estimation (Mean) */
    mrpt::poses::CRobot2DPoseEstimator m_lastPoseEst;
    /** Last pose estimation (covariance) */
    mrpt::math::CMatrixDouble33 m_lastPoseEst_cov;

    /** The estimated robot path:
      */
    std::deque<mrpt::math::TPose2D> m_estRobotPath;
    mrpt::poses::CPose2D m_auxAccumOdometry;

    /** Traveled distances from last map update / ICP-based localization. */
    struct TDist
    {
        TDist() : lin(0), ang(0) {}
        double lin;  // meters
        double ang;  // degrees
        mrpt::poses::CPose2D last_update;

        void updateDistances(const mrpt::poses::CPose2D& p);
        void updatePose(const mrpt::poses::CPose2D& p);
    };
    TDist m_distSinceLastICP;
    /** Indexed by sensor label. */
    mrpt::aligned_std_map<std::string, TDist> m_distSinceLastInsertion;
    bool m_there_has_been_an_odometry;

    void accumulateRobotDisplacementCounters(
        const mrpt::poses::CPose2D& new_pose);
    void resetRobotDisplacementCounters(const mrpt::poses::CPose2D& new_pose);
};

}
#endif