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InteractiveMarker sort of inertia?

asked 2015-10-16 11:52:33 -0600

alextoind gravatar image

updated 2015-10-21 15:32:52 -0600

Is there an easy way of implement a sort of inertia for visualization_msgs::InteractiveMarker?

I'm dealing with a MOVE_ROTATE InteractiveMarker in rviz and it is simple to move it too fast causing unexpected behaviour in my application. I think I could handle it with a saturation in the marker callback and a subsequent update of the pose of the marker with the satured value, but is there a neater way of accomplishing such a behaviour?

Thank you all.

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answered 2015-10-21 15:32:32 -0600

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I've made this rough workaround which does not represent the property of inertia, but works in a similar way:

class Class {
 public:
  ...
 private:
  interactive_markers::InteractiveMarkerServer *interactive_marker_server_;
  geometry_msgs::Pose marker_pose_;  // initialized in the constructor
  ...
}

void Class::interactiveMarkerCallback(const visualization_msgs::InteractiveMarkerFeedbackConstPtr &feedback) {
  // avoids too fast changes in the interactive marker pose (especially for its orientation)
  interactiveMarkerGuidance(feedback->pose, marker_pose_);  // marker_pose_ is updated every callback
  interactive_marker_server_->setPose(feedback->marker_name, marker_pose_, feedback->header);
  interactive_marker_server_->applyChanges();
}

void Class::interactiveMarkerGuidance(const geometry_msgs::Pose &target, geometry_msgs::Pose &current) {
  tf::Pose current_pose, target_pose;
  tf::poseMsgToTF(current, current_pose);
  tf::poseMsgToTF(target, target_pose);

  // distance and theta represent the arrow from current to target pose (the one given by the mouse position)
  double distance = tf::tfDistance(current_pose.getOrigin(), target_pose.getOrigin());
  double distance_sat = saturation(distance, marker_dist_min_, marker_dist_max_);
  double theta = std::atan2(target.position.y - current.position.y, target.position.x - current.position.x);

  // angle represents the rotation of the MOVE_ROTATE interactive marker
  double current_roll, current_pitch, current_yaw, target_roll, target_pitch, target_yaw;
  tf::Matrix3x3(current_pose.getRotation()).getRPY(current_roll, current_pitch, current_yaw);
  tf::Matrix3x3(target_pose.getRotation()).getRPY(target_roll, target_pitch, target_yaw);
  double angle = angles::shortest_angular_distance(current_yaw, target_yaw);
  double angle_sat = saturation(angle, marker_steer_min_, marker_steer_max_);

  tf::Transform transform;  // the transform with no saturated values would produce the default marker behaviour
  transform.setOrigin(tf::Vector3(distance_sat*std::cos(theta - current_yaw), distance_sat*std::sin(theta - current_yaw), 0));
  transform.setRotation(tf::createQuaternionFromRPY(0, 0, angle_sat));
  current_pose *= transform;

  tf::poseTFToMsg(current_pose, current);
}

double Class::saturation(const double &value, const double &min, const double &max) {
  return std::min(std::max(value, min), max);
}

I have chosen not to add the interactive marker initialization to keep this answer as neat as possible. Anyway it is very similar to the one in the Interactive Markers Tutorial.

Any further comments or suggestions are welcome.

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