官方文档参阅:http://wiki.ros.org/pluginlib
有时候,可能会需要将替换ROS默认的planner替换成别的planner或我们自己的planner。这就涉及到了新planner包的建立和配置。
建立一个新的planner,大致分为以下几个步骤:
1. 实现nav_core包中的base_global_planner或base_local_planner接口,来建立一个新的planner包。
2. 在planner源码中添加:PLUGINLIB_EXPORT_CLASS宏,用于注册planner,某则ROS会不知道你的这个类是一个planner。
3. 在你的项目中添加your_planner_plugin.xml,用于声明你的planner。
4. 在package.xml中添加export。这里特别需要注意一点,如果你的export看起来像下面这样:
<export> <nav_core plugin="${prefix}/planner_plugin.xml" /> </export>
那么,一定要记得在package.xml中添加:
<build_depend>nav_core</build_depend> <exec_depend>nav_core</exec_depend>
否则,你会发现编译全对,但启动move_base就是找不到你的planner。会出来类似下面的错误:
Failed to create the your_planner/YourPlannerROS planner, are you sure it is properly registered and that the containing library is built?
Exception: According to the loaded plugin descriptions the class your_planner/YourPlannerROS with base class type nav_core::BaseGlobalPlanner does not exist.
Declared types are carrot_planner/CarrotPlanner global_planner/GlobalPlanner navfn/NavfnROS.
无论你怎么调试,系统就是找不到你的planner。
5. 最后一步是编写CMakefileLists.txt。一定要注意install你的lib文件和plugin.xml文件。不install的话有时会因找不到这些文件而失败:
install(TARGETS your_planner
ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
)
install(FILES your_planner_plugin.xml
DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}
)
使用自己的planner进行测试时,推荐使用catkin_make_isolated --install进行编译,然后source install_isolated/setup.bash。使用devel_isolated/setup.bash有时会找不到planner。
PS:如果调试的时候发现还是出错,想查具体错误原因,可以修改move_base中下面这段:
//initialize the global planner try { planner_ = bgp_loader_.createInstance(global_planner); planner_->initialize(bgp_loader_.getName(global_planner), planner_costmap_ros_); } catch (const pluginlib::PluginlibException& ex) { ROS_FATAL("Failed to create the %s planner, are you sure it is properly registered and that the containing library is built? Exception: %s", global_planner.c_str(), ex.what()); exit(1); }
将它修改为:
//initialize the global planner try { planner_ = bgp_loader_.createInstance(global_planner); planner_->initialize(bgp_loader_.getName(global_planner), planner_costmap_ros_); } catch (const pluginlib::LibraryLoadException& ex) { ROS_FATAL("pluginlib::LibraryLoadException"); exit(1); } catch (const pluginlib::ClassLoaderException& ex) { ROS_FATAL("pluginlib::ClassLoaderException"); exit(1); } catch (const pluginlib::LibraryUnloadException& ex) { ROS_FATAL("pluginlib::LibraryUnloadException"); exit(1); } catch (const pluginlib::CreateClassException& ex) { ROS_FATAL("pluginlib::CreateClassException"); exit(1); } catch (const pluginlib::PluginlibException& ex) { ROS_FATAL("Failed to create the %s planner, are you sure it is properly registered and that the containing library is built? Exception: %s", global_planner.c_str(), ex.what()); exit(1); }
就可以看到具体的错误原因了,local planner和global planner方法相似。