Smoother Server

Source code on Github.

The Smoother Server implements the server for handling smooth path requests and hosting a vector of plugins implementing various C++ smoothers. The server exposes an action interface for smoothing with multiple smoothers that share resources such as costmaps and TF buffers.

Smoother Server Parameters

costmap_topic

Type	Default
string	“global_costmap/costmap_raw”

Description

Raw costmap topic for collision checking.

footprint_topic

Type	Default
string	“global_costmap/published_footprint”

Description

Topic for footprint in the costmap frame.

transform_tolerance

Type	Default
double	0.1

Description

TF transform tolerance.

robot_base_frame

Type	Default
string	“base_link”

Description

Robot base frame.

smoother_plugins

Type	Default
vector<string>	{“nav2_smoother::SimpleSmoother”}

Description

List of plugin names to use, also matches action server names.

Note

Each plugin namespace defined in this list needs to have a plugin parameter defining the type of plugin to be loaded in the namespace.

Example:

smoother_server:
  ros__parameters:
    smoother_plugins: ["simple_smoother", "curvature_smoother"]
    curvature_smoother:
      plugin: "nav2_ceres_costaware_smoother/CeresCostawareSmoother"
    simple_smoother:
      plugin: "nav2_smoother::SimpleSmoother"

Example

smoother_server:
  ros__parameters:
    costmap_topic: global_costmap/costmap_raw
    footprint_topic: global_costmap/published_footprint
    robot_base_frame: base_link
    transform_timeout: 0.1
    smoother_plugins: ["simple_smoother"]
    simple_smoother:
      plugin: "nav2_smoother::SimpleSmoother"
      tolerance: 1.0e-10
      do_refinement: True