/* Adept MobileRobots Robotics Interface for Applications (ARIA) Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 ActivMedia Robotics LLC Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 MobileRobots Inc. Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013 Adept Technology This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA If you wish to redistribute ARIA under different terms, contact Adept MobileRobots for information about a commercial version of ARIA at robots@mobilerobots.com or Adept MobileRobots, 10 Columbia Drive, Amherst, NH 03031; +1-603-881-7960 */ #ifndef ARANALOGGYRO_H #define ARANALOGGYRO_H #include "ariaTypedefs.h" #include "ariaUtil.h" #include "ArFunctor.h" class ArRobot; class ArRobotPacket; /// Use onboard gyro to improve the heading in an ArRobot object's pose value /** The gyro is an accessory connected to the robot's microcontroller. The gyro's purpose is to improve large errors due to wheel slippage, wheels coming off the ground, and other factors like this (or for the skid steer of an AT). The gyro also happens to provide temperature readings as well. When an ArAnalogGyro object is created, it registers callbacks with the robot, and automatic heading correction will begin when new data arrives from the robot. If you delete the object, it will remove itself from the robot. The readings come back from the gyro over the robot microcontroller's analog ports. The microcontroller then sends the readings to us just before sending us the standard packet. ArAnalogGyro uses these readings to calculate a better heading of the robot (integrating the velocities to give position). Then when the standard packet comes in, ArRobot calls an encoder correction callback in ArAnalogGyro which does a simple Kalman filter and fuses the encoder information's heading with the gyro's heading to compute the most probable heading which it then returns to the ArRobot object to use as its heading. The robot's normal dead reconing angle is fairly good if you have properly inflated tires (if you have pneumatic tires) and if you have the revcount parameter sent correctly. See the robot operation manual for how to change the revcount parameter. Gyro readings are affected by temperature (a temperature value is reported along with the gyro data in the packets from the microcontroller). The gyro will auto calibrate itself to the center of the range (which may have drifted due to temperature) whenever the robot is stationary for more than one second (that is, if its translational and rotational velocities are less than 1 and if the gyro readings are also within .5% of the average). The scaling factor (between change of voltage and amount of turn) doesn't seem to change due to temperature, though it can vary among different gyro devices. (This scaling factor can be accessed with getScalingFactor() and setScalingFactor().) The default value used here was within 3% of correct most of the time. The default resides in the parameter file for the robot that is loaded or used when a connection is made. If you want to tune this more you can, by finding a different scale factor. (There is just one so there doesn't have to be alot of calibration in flash that is lost if parameters are loaded from a file.) General notes on gyros and inertial correction: The purpose of the gyro is to correct for wheel slippage and large errors. It is not to totally correct for all errors, but to bring the errors into smaller zones that software can correct for more easily (such as by localization). We have found that if gyros or inertial measurement devices are used to attempt to correct for all error, the result can be not very robust, and include many problematic assumptions. For this reason, we have found that it is best to integrate this one simple gyro to simply improve robot odometry, rather than a complicated and expensive IMU. @ingroup OptionalClasses */ class ArAnalogGyro { public: /// Constructor AREXPORT ArAnalogGyro(ArRobot *robot); /// Destructor AREXPORT virtual ~ArAnalogGyro(); /// Gets if we really have a gyro or not AREXPORT bool isActive(void) { return myIsActive; } /// Lets the gyro correct readings AREXPORT void activate(void); /// Stops the gyro from correcting readings (still accumulates) AREXPORT void deactivate(void); /// If we have a gyro only mode bool hasGyroOnlyMode(void) { return myHasGyroOnlyMode; } /// If we're using gyro only mode bool isGyroOnlyActive(void) { return myIsGyroOnlyActive; } /// Activates it and puts it in gyro only mode AREXPORT void activateGyroOnly(void); /// If this class actually has data or not (if it has no data, the /// robot is all there is) bool hasNoInternalData(void) { return myHasNoData; } /// Returns true if any amount of gyro data has yet been received, false if no readings have yet been received from the robot. AREXPORT bool haveGottenData(void) { return myHaveGottenData; } /// Gets a heading calculated from past gyro readings AREXPORT double getHeading(void) const { return myHeading; } /// Gets the temperature the gyro has AREXPORT int getTemperature(void) const { return myTemperature; } /// Set the parameters of the Kalman filter model /** @param gyroSigma the amount its off statically @param inertialVar the proportional amount it is off @param rotVar the amount the rotation is off proportionally @param transVar the amount the translation throws off the heading proportionally **/ AREXPORT void setFilterModel(double gyroSigma, double inertialVar, double rotVar, double transVar) { myGyroSigma = gyroSigma; myInertialVarianceModel = inertialVar; myRotVarianceModel = rotVar; myTransVarianceModel = transVar; }; /// Returns the number of readings taken in the last second AREXPORT int getPacCount(void) { return myPacCount; } /// Gets the most recently calculated average rotational velocity (over one //second) AREXPORT double getAverage(void) const { return myLastAverage; } /// Gets the time the last average was taken AREXPORT ArTime getAverageTaken(void) const { return myLastAverageTaken; } /// Gets the scaling factor used for multiplying the reading values received (default 1.626) AREXPORT double getScalingFactor(void) const { return myScalingFactor; } /// Sets the scaling factor used for multiplying the readings AREXPORT void setScalingFactor(double factor) { myScalingFactor = factor; } /// Internal packet handler for the gyro packets AREXPORT bool handleGyroPacket(ArRobotPacket *packet); /// internal function for correcting the encoder readings with the gyro data AREXPORT double encoderCorrect(ArPoseWithTime deltaPose); /// Internal connection callback; delays for a short amount of time to give the gyro enough time to stabilize before we try to use it AREXPORT void stabilizingCallback(void); /// Internal user task callback AREXPORT void userTaskCallback(void); /// Sets whether we log anomalies or not (temporary function for debugging) void setLogAnomalies(bool logAnomalies) { myLogAnomalies = logAnomalies; } protected: // whether we're correcting readings or not bool myIsActive; // whether we're really getting readings or not bool myHaveGottenData; // our double for our scaling factor double myScalingFactor; // if we've gotten a reading this cycle bool myReadingThisCycle; // whether we're logging anomalies or not bool myLogAnomalies; // counting data int myPacCount; int myPacCurrentCount; time_t myTimeLastPacket; // data for averaging ArTime myAverageStarted; double myLastAverage; ArTime myLastAverageTaken; double myAverageTotal; int myAverageCount; // constants for kalman filtering double myGyroSigma; double myInertialVarianceModel; double myRotVarianceModel; // deg2/deg double myTransVarianceModel; // deg2/meter // for if our gyro packets aren't aligned with our sips how much // we've changed since we last got to correct one double myAccumulatedDelta; double myHeading; int myTemperature; double myLastHeading; ArRobot *myRobot; ArRetFunctor1C myHandleGyroPacketCB; ArRetFunctor1C myEncoderCorrectCB; ArFunctorC myStabilizingCB; ArFunctorC myUserTaskCB; /// Gyro type enum GyroType { GYRO_NONE, ///< No gyro GYRO_ANALOG_COMPUTER, ///< Analog gyro used by computer GYRO_ANALOG_CONTROLLER ///< Analog gyro used by microcontroller }; GyroType myGyroType; bool myHasNoData; bool myHasGyroOnlyMode; bool myIsGyroOnlyActive; bool myGyroWorking; }; #endif // ARANALOGGYRO_H