How can I use just the local planner?

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Hi,

is it possible to just use the local planner?
My goal is just to detect obstacles in front of the robot and do some exploration.

Tried it in my own move_base class like that

costmap_2d::Costmap2DROS costmap("my_costmap", tf);

I also made config files for local and global costmap, and turned static_map to false.
But my code always says waiting for map ...

Edit: Now I also use gmapping to produce a map:

rosrun gmapping slam_gmapping scan:=base_scan

So my code runs and I only get a warning:

You have set map parameters, but also requested to use the static map. Your parameters will be overwritten by those given by the map server

I now also have a message "nav_msgs/OccupancyGrid".
So am I right that I can use this message and look for obstacles in the grid?
Or is there a better solution?

To just use the navigation stack is not an option for me ;)

Greets
Max

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Originally posted by madmax on ROS Answers with karma: 496 on 2012-05-12

Post score: 1

Answer 1

If you just want to avoid using the global planner, there's a simple hack: use goal_passer in the navigation_experimental stack as your global planner. The goal_passer does (next to) nothing and just sends the goal to your local planner as it is.

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Originally posted by PKG with karma: 365 on 2012-05-13

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

Post score: 1