ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier Class Reference

This class contains routines that attempt to simplify geometric paths. More...

#include <ompl/geometric/PathSimplifier.h>

Public Member Functions

 PathSimplifier (base::SpaceInformationPtr si, const base::GoalPtr &goal=ompl::base::GoalPtr(), const base::OptimizationObjectivePtr &obj=nullptr)
 Create an instance for a specified space information. Optionally, a GoalSampleableRegion may be passed in to attempt improvements at the end of the path as well.
 
bool reduceVertices (PathGeometric &path, unsigned int maxSteps=0, unsigned int maxEmptySteps=0, double rangeRatio=0.33)
 Given a path, attempt to remove vertices from it while keeping the path valid. This is an iterative process that attempts to do "short-cutting" on the path. Connection is attempted between non-consecutive way-points on the path. If the connection is successful, the path is shortened by removing the in-between way-points. This function returns true if changes were made to the path. More...
 
bool shortcutPath (PathGeometric &path, unsigned int maxSteps=0, unsigned int maxEmptySteps=0, double rangeRatio=0.33, double snapToVertex=0.005)
 Given a path, attempt to shorten it while maintaining its validity. This is an iterative process that attempts to do "short-cutting" on the path. Connection is attempted between random points along the path segments. Unlike the reduceVertices() function, this function does not sample only vertices produced by the planner, but intermediate points on the path. If the connection is successful, the path is shortened by removing the in-between states (and new vertices are created when needed). This function returns true if changes were made to the path. More...
 
bool perturbPath (PathGeometric &path, double stepSize, unsigned int maxSteps=0, unsigned int maxEmptySteps=0, double snapToVertex=0.005)
 Given a path, attempt to improve the cost by randomly perturbing a randomly selected point on the path. This is an iterative process that should ideally be run in conjunction with shortcutPath. This function is not called by any of the 'simplify*' funcions because it is only effective when used with a non-metric cost. The default cost used is path length, on which perturbPath is not as performant. This function returns true if changes were make to the path. More...
 
bool collapseCloseVertices (PathGeometric &path, unsigned int maxSteps=0, unsigned int maxEmptySteps=0)
 Given a path, attempt to remove vertices from it while keeping the path valid. This is an iterative process that attempts to do "short-cutting" on the path. Connection is attempted between non-consecutive states that are close along the path. If the connection is successful, the path is shortened by removing the in-between states. This function returns true if changes were made to the path. More...
 
void smoothBSpline (PathGeometric &path, unsigned int maxSteps=5, double minChange=std::numeric_limits< double >::epsilon())
 Given a path, attempt to smooth it (the validity of the path is maintained). More...
 
bool simplifyMax (PathGeometric &path)
 Given a path, attempt to remove vertices from it while keeping the path valid. Then, try to smooth the path. This function applies the same set of default operations to the path, except in non-metric spaces, with the intention of simplifying it. In non-metric spaces, some operations are skipped because they do not work correctly when the triangle inequality may not hold. Return false iff the simplified path is not valid.
 
bool simplify (PathGeometric &path, double maxTime, bool atLeastOnce=true)
 Run simplification algorithms on the path for at most maxTime seconds, and at least once if atLeastOnce. Return false iff the simplified path is not valid.
 
bool simplify (PathGeometric &path, const base::PlannerTerminationCondition &ptc, bool atLeastOnce=true)
 Run simplification algorithms on the path as long as the termination condition does not become true, and at least once if atLeastOnce. Return false iff the simplified path is not valid.
 
bool findBetterGoal (PathGeometric &path, double maxTime, unsigned int samplingAttempts=10, double rangeRatio=0.33, double snapToVertex=0.005)
 Attempt to improve the solution path by sampling a new goal state and connecting this state to the solution path for at most maxTime seconds. More...
 
bool findBetterGoal (PathGeometric &path, const base::PlannerTerminationCondition &ptc, unsigned int samplingAttempts=10, double rangeRatio=0.33, double snapToVertex=0.005)
 Attempt to improve the solution path by sampling a new goal state and connecting this state to the solution path while the termination condition is not met. More...
 
void freeStates (bool flag)
 Set this flag to false to avoid freeing the memory allocated for states that are removed from a path during simplification. Setting this to true makes this free memory. Memory is freed by default (flag is true by default)
 
bool freeStates () const
 Return true if the memory of states is freed when they are removed from a path during simplification.
 

Protected Member Functions

int selectAlongPath (std::vector< double > dists, std::vector< base::State * > states, double distTo, double threshold, base::State *select_state, int &pos)
 

Protected Attributes

base::SpaceInformationPtr si_
 The space information this path simplifier uses.
 
std::shared_ptr< base::GoalSampleableRegiongsr_
 The goal object for the path simplifier. Used for end-of-path improvements.
 
base::OptimizationObjectivePtr obj_
 The optimization objective to use when making improvements. Will be used on all methods except reduce vertices (whose goal is not necessary to improve the solution).
 
bool freeStates_
 Flag indicating whether the states removed from a motion should be freed.
 
RNG rng_
 Instance of random number generator.
 

Detailed Description

This class contains routines that attempt to simplify geometric paths.

Some of these are in fact routines that shorten the path, and do not necessarily make it smoother.

Definition at line 129 of file PathSimplifier.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ collapseCloseVertices()

bool ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::collapseCloseVertices ( PathGeometric path,
unsigned int  maxSteps = 0,
unsigned int  maxEmptySteps = 0 
)

Given a path, attempt to remove vertices from it while keeping the path valid. This is an iterative process that attempts to do "short-cutting" on the path. Connection is attempted between non-consecutive states that are close along the path. If the connection is successful, the path is shortened by removing the in-between states. This function returns true if changes were made to the path.

Parameters
paththe path to reduce vertices from
maxStepsthe maximum number of attempts to "short-cut" the path. If this value is set to 0 (the default), the number of attempts made is equal to the number of states in path.
maxEmptyStepsnot all iterations of this function produce a simplification. If an iteration does not produce a simplification, it is called an empty step. maxEmptySteps denotes the maximum number of consecutive empty steps before the simplification process terminates.

Definition at line 605 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.

◆ findBetterGoal() [1/2]

bool ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::findBetterGoal ( PathGeometric path,
const base::PlannerTerminationCondition ptc,
unsigned int  samplingAttempts = 10,
double  rangeRatio = 0.33,
double  snapToVertex = 0.005 
)

Attempt to improve the solution path by sampling a new goal state and connecting this state to the solution path while the termination condition is not met.

Parameters
sampingAttemptsThe maximum number of attempts to connect a candidate goal state to a part of path
rangeRatioThe fraction of the end of the path to consider for connection to a candidate goal state, in (0,1].
snapToVertexThe percentage of the total path length to consider as "close enough" to an existing state in the path for the method to "snap" the connection to that particular state. This prevents states in the path that are very close to each other.

Definition at line 760 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.

◆ findBetterGoal() [2/2]

bool ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::findBetterGoal ( PathGeometric path,
double  maxTime,
unsigned int  samplingAttempts = 10,
double  rangeRatio = 0.33,
double  snapToVertex = 0.005 
)

Attempt to improve the solution path by sampling a new goal state and connecting this state to the solution path for at most maxTime seconds.

Parameters
sampingAttemptsThe maximum number of attempts to connect a candidate goal state to a part of path
rangeRatioThe fraction of the end of the path to consider for connection to a candidate goal state, in (0,1].
snapToVertexThe percentage of the total path length to consider as "close enough" to an existing state in the path for the method to "snap" the connection to that particular state. This prevents states in the path that are very close to each other.

Definition at line 753 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.

◆ perturbPath()

bool ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::perturbPath ( PathGeometric path,
double  stepSize,
unsigned int  maxSteps = 0,
unsigned int  maxEmptySteps = 0,
double  snapToVertex = 0.005 
)

Given a path, attempt to improve the cost by randomly perturbing a randomly selected point on the path. This is an iterative process that should ideally be run in conjunction with shortcutPath. This function is not called by any of the 'simplify*' funcions because it is only effective when used with a non-metric cost. The default cost used is path length, on which perturbPath is not as performant. This function returns true if changes were make to the path.

Parameters
paththe path to reduce vertices from
stepSizethe size of the perturbations, i.e. the distance from a randomly selected configuration and its position after perturbation. Also used to determine how far the points on either side of the selected configuration are (stepSize / 2).
maxStepsthe maximum number of attemps to perturb the path. If this value is set to 0 (the default), the number of attempts made is equal to the sumber of of states in the path (not suggested).
maxEmptyStepsnot all iterations of this function produce an improvement. If an iteration does not produce an improvement, it is called an empty step. maxEmptySteps denotes the maximum number of consecutive empty steps before the simplification process terminates.
snapToVertexWhile sampling random points on the path, sometimes the points may be close to vertices on the original path (way-points). This function will then "snap to the near vertex", if the distance is less than snapToVertex fraction of the total path length. This should usually be a small value (e.g., one percent of the total path length: 0.01; the default is half a percent)
External Documentation

J. Mainprice, E. Sisbot, L. Jaillet, J. Cortes, R. Alami, T. Simeon Planning human-aware motions using a sampling-based costmap planner, Robotics and Automation (ICRA), August 2011. DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980048
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Definition at line 386 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.

◆ reduceVertices()

bool ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::reduceVertices ( PathGeometric path,
unsigned int  maxSteps = 0,
unsigned int  maxEmptySteps = 0,
double  rangeRatio = 0.33 
)

Given a path, attempt to remove vertices from it while keeping the path valid. This is an iterative process that attempts to do "short-cutting" on the path. Connection is attempted between non-consecutive way-points on the path. If the connection is successful, the path is shortened by removing the in-between way-points. This function returns true if changes were made to the path.

Parameters
paththe path to reduce vertices from
maxStepsthe maximum number of attempts to "short-cut" the path. If this value is set to 0 (the default), the number of attempts made is equal to the number of states in path.
maxEmptyStepsnot all iterations of this function produce a simplification. If an iteration does not produce a simplification, it is called an empty step. maxEmptySteps denotes the maximum number of consecutive empty steps before the simplification process terminates. If this value is set to 0 (the default), the number of attempts made is equal to the number of states in path.
rangeRatiothe maximum distance between states a connection is attempted, as a fraction relative to the total number of states (between 0 and 1).

Definition at line 124 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.

◆ shortcutPath()

bool ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::shortcutPath ( PathGeometric path,
unsigned int  maxSteps = 0,
unsigned int  maxEmptySteps = 0,
double  rangeRatio = 0.33,
double  snapToVertex = 0.005 
)

Given a path, attempt to shorten it while maintaining its validity. This is an iterative process that attempts to do "short-cutting" on the path. Connection is attempted between random points along the path segments. Unlike the reduceVertices() function, this function does not sample only vertices produced by the planner, but intermediate points on the path. If the connection is successful, the path is shortened by removing the in-between states (and new vertices are created when needed). This function returns true if changes were made to the path.

Parameters
paththe path to reduce vertices from
maxStepsthe maximum number of attempts to "short-cut" the path. If this value is set to 0 (the default), the number of attempts made is equal to the number of states in path.
maxEmptyStepsnot all iterations of this function produce a simplification. If an iteration does not produce a simplification, it is called an empty step. maxEmptySteps denotes the maximum number of consecutive empty steps before the simplification process terminates. If this value is set to 0 (the default), the number of attempts made is equal to the number of states in path.
rangeRatiothe maximum distance between states a connection is attempted, as a fraction relative to the total length of the path (between 0 and 1).
snapToVertexWhile sampling random points on the path, sometimes the points may be close to vertices on the original path (way-points). This function will then "snap to the near vertex", if the distance is less than snapToVertex fraction of the total path length. This should usually be a small value (e.g., one percent of the total path length: 0.01; the default is half a percent)
Note
This function assumes that improvements are only made within the convex hull of the path. If the triangle inequality does not holds for the optimization objective, this will not perform well without being run with conjunction with perturbPath.

Definition at line 187 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.

◆ smoothBSpline()

void ompl::geometric::PathSimplifier::smoothBSpline ( PathGeometric path,
unsigned int  maxSteps = 5,
double  minChange = std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon() 
)

Given a path, attempt to smooth it (the validity of the path is maintained).

This function applies maxSteps steps of smoothing with B-Splines. Fewer steps are applied if no progress is detected: states are either not updated or their update is smaller than minChange. At each step the path is subdivided and states along it are updated such that the smoothness is improved.

Note
This function may significantly increase the number of states along the solution path.
This function assumes the triangle inequality holds and should not be run on non-metric spaces.

Definition at line 80 of file PathSimplifier.cpp.


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