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title: Fossen summary: Path following using Fossen's algorithm for path following Method3: based on the work of Fossen(2015)

Fossen

Path following using Fossen's algorithm for path following Method3: based on the work of Fossen(2015) More...

#include <Fossen.h>

Inherits from PathFollowing

Public Functions

Name
Fossen(ros::Publisher surge_pub, ros::Publisher yaw_pub, ros::ServiceClient mode_client)
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 used to start the algorithm in 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.

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.
virtual bool resetVirtualTarget(float value)
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)
bool resetVirtualTarget()
Method to reset the virtual target of the vehicle (gamma) to zero. Not all controllers need this (example: Samson, Fossen which use the closest point)
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.

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 Fossen;

Path following using Fossen's algorithm for path following Method3: based on the work of Fossen(2015)

Author:

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

Version: 1.0a

Date: 2021

Copyright: MIT

This algorithm support: Controls:

  • yaw
  • surge Supports Cooperative Path Following - True Contains Currents Observers - False

Public Functions Documentation

function Fossen

Fossen(
    ros::Publisher surge_pub,
    ros::Publisher yaw_pub,
    ros::ServiceClient mode_client
)

Constructor method for the Path Following class.

Parameters:

  • surge_pub The ROS surge publisher
  • yaw_pub The ROS yaw publisher
  • mode_client The ROS client for the path (to change the mode of operation to closest point)

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: By default just returns false for this algorithm

Reimplements: PathFollowing::setPFGains

NOTE: In this controller this method does nothing, as there are no gains to tweak. They are all fixed

function callPFController

virtual void callPFController(
    double dt
) override

Method that implements the path following control law.

Parameters:

  • dt The time diference between last call and current call (in seconds)
  • dt The time difference in seconds

Reimplements: PathFollowing::callPFController

Method that implements the path Following algorihtm.

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 used to start the algorithm in the first run.

Return: the success of the operation

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

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

Updated on 2022-09-15 at 17:51:33 +0000

Last update: September 15, 2022
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