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[cob_footprint_observer] new node providing "safety stop" functionalities based on observed footprint #132

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mgruhler opened this issue Jan 27, 2017 · 1 comment

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mgruhler commented Jan 27, 2017

discussion related to #32

This node should get the convex polygon footprint from the footprint observer (see #131) and disable the respective velocity outputs in the twist_mux, once the distance to an obstacle gets below a certain safety distance.

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fmessmer commented Feb 9, 2017

For comparing a footprint representation, i.e. polygon, against the costmap, base_local_planner::CostmapModel seems to provide a function that determines whether the footprint is in collision or not...

Another tutorial on the topic can be found here

@fmessmer fmessmer changed the title [new node] providing "safety stop" functionalities based on observed footprint [cob_footprint_observer] new node providing "safety stop" functionalities based on observed footprint Feb 22, 2017
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