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Romulo

Path following using Aguiar's algorithm modified to also control sway instead of yaw_rate (by Romulo) More...

#include <Romulo.h>

Inherits from PathFollowing

Public Functions

Name
Romulo(std::vector< double > gains, ros::Publisher surge_pub, ros::Publisher sway_pub, ros::Publisher rabbit_pub)
Constructor method for the Path Following class.
virtual bool setPFGains(std::vector< double > gains) override
Method that given an array of doubles, updates the gains of the controller.
virtual void callPFController(double dt) override
Method that implements the path following control law.
virtual void publish_private() override
Method to publish the data from the path following.
virtual void start() override
Method to do initial setup for the first run.
virtual bool stop() override
Method used to check whether we reached the end of the algorithm or not.
virtual bool reset() override
Method used to reset the algorithm control parameters when running the algorithm more than once.
virtual bool resetVirtualTarget(float value) override
Method to reset the virtual target of the vehicle (gamma) to a pre-specified value. Not all controllers need this (example: Samson, Fossen which use the closest point)

Additional inherited members

Public Functions inherited from PathFollowing

Name
virtual ~PathFollowing()
Virtual destructor for the abstract pathfollowing class.
void publish()
Method to publish the data given by the algorithm.
void UpdateVehicleState(const VehicleState & vehicle_state)
Method to update the vehicle state used by the controller.
void UpdatePathState(const PathState & path_state)
Method to update the path state used by the controller.
void setPFollowingDebugPublisher(const ros::Publisher & pfollowing_debug_pub)
Method to set common publishers.

Protected Functions inherited from PathFollowing

Name
double algConvert(double alg_new, double alg_old, double alg_out_old)
Auxiliar method to smooth out the angle to be used by path following algorithms.
double preventPathSectionSwitching(double gamma, double gamma_dot, double dt)
Prevent gamma from going back to a previous section.

Protected Attributes inherited from PathFollowing

Name
VehicleState vehicle_state_
Variable to store the state of the vehicle.
PathState path_state_
Variable to store the state of the path.
PFollowingDebug pfollowing_debug_
Variable to store the state of the path.
ros::Publisher pfollowing_debug_pub_

Detailed Description

class Romulo;

Path following using Aguiar's algorithm modified to also control sway instead of yaw_rate (by Romulo)

Author:

  • Marcelo Jacinto
  • Joao Quintas
  • Joao Cruz
  • Hung Tuan

Version: 1.0a

Date: 2021

Copyright: MIT

This algorithm support: Controls:

  • surge
  • sway
  • virtual-target (gamma) Supports Cooperative Path Following - True Contains Currents Observers - False

Public Functions Documentation

function Romulo

Romulo(
    std::vector< double > gains,
    ros::Publisher surge_pub,
    ros::Publisher sway_pub,
    ros::Publisher rabbit_pub
)

Constructor method for the Path Following class.

Parameters:

  • gains The gains of the controller
  • surge_pub The ROS publisher of surge
  • sway_pub The ROS publisher of sway
  • rabbit_pub The ROS publisher of the virtual rabbit

function setPFGains

virtual bool setPFGains(
    std::vector< double > gains
) override

Method that given an array of doubles, updates the gains of the controller.

Parameters:

  • gains The gains of the controller

Return: a boolean which represents the success of the operation

Reimplements: PathFollowing::setPFGains

function callPFController

virtual void callPFController(
    double dt
) override

Method that implements the path following control law.

Parameters:

  • dt The time difference between the current and previous call (in seconds)

Reimplements: PathFollowing::callPFController

function publish_private

virtual void publish_private() override

Method to publish the data from the path following.

Reimplements: PathFollowing::publish_private

function start

virtual void start() override

Method to do initial setup for the first run.

Reimplements: PathFollowing::start

function stop

virtual bool stop() override

Method used to check whether we reached the end of the algorithm or not.

Return: The success of the operation

Reimplements: PathFollowing::stop

Check if the gamma is greater then the gamma max of the path If so, we have reached the end

function reset

virtual bool reset() override

Method used to reset the algorithm control parameters when running the algorithm more than once.

Return: Whether the reset was made successfully or not

Reimplements: PathFollowing::reset

function resetVirtualTarget

virtual bool resetVirtualTarget(
    float value
) override

Method to reset the virtual target of the vehicle (gamma) to a pre-specified value. Not all controllers need this (example: Samson, Fossen which use the closest point)

Return: Whether the reset was made successfully or not

Reimplements: PathFollowing::resetVirtualTarget

Updated on 2024-03-07 at 10:30:50 +0000

Last update: March 7, 2024