When a mission starts capturing images using the
MAV_CMD_IMAGE_START_CAPTURE command, it should also stop it again, in
case it is stopped early, e.g. with RTL.
This feature allows user to use a Gripper type pacakge delivery
mechanism on a drone to trigger the delivery during a mission via the
mission item `DO_GRIPPER`.
This is a minimal change that is intended to have simplest pacakge
delivery feature on PX4, however the future scope would extend this
feature out of Navigator, and rather move towards a federated PX4
(flight-mode flexibility) architecture. But until then, this will serve
the purpose.
Update Tools/sitl_gazebo submodule to remove sdf file overwrite error
- There was an error happening due to .sdf file being overwritten, it
was caused by a wrongfully added. sdf file.
- This update pulls in the PR commit: https://github.com/Auterion/sitl_gazebo/pull/147
Initial cut on supporing PAYLOAD_PLACE mission item
Tidy and comment on navigation.h to clarify mission item definition
- Convert vehicle command ack subscription data type to
SubscriptionData, to not care about having a dedicated struct for
copying the latest data
- Tidy and comment on navigation.h to clarify the definition of
mission_item_s, which is confusing as it is an intergration of MAVLink
Standard into PX4's internal Mission Item structure
Rename mission_block's mission item reached function & cleanup navigator
- Isolated Handle Vehicle Commands function inside the Navigator
- Rename mission_block's mission item reached function to 'reached or
completed', as the navigation command can also be an action (e.g.
DO_SET_SERVO, which doesn't make sense to refer to as 'reached' when we
have successfully done executed the command)
Include MAVLink PR commit to include payload_drop message
More changes to add payload_drop MAVLink message support
- Comitting for testing purposes
Add mission item payload_drop to vehicle command payload drop link
- Now with a mission item with the nav_cmd set to 'payload drop', the
appropriate 'payload drop' vehicle command will be issued
Make Payload drop executable via Mission Plan
Implement payload_drop module to simulate payload delivery
- Simple module that acknowledges the payload drop vehicle command after
certain time, to simulate a successful delivery
Additional changes - payload drop module not working yet
- Need to do more thread stuff to make it work :(
Fix Payload Drop enum mismatch in vehicle_command enums
- First functional Payload Drop Implementation MVP
- Simple Ack & resuming mission from Navigator tested successfully
Hold the position while executing payload drop mission item
- Still the position hold is not solid, maybe I am missing something in
the position setpoint part and all the internal implications of
Navigator :(
Add DO_WINCH command support
Some fixes after rebase on develop branch
- Some missed brackets
- Some comment edits, etc
Add DO_WINCH command support
- Still has a problem of flying away from the waypoint while the
DO_WINCH is being executed, probably position setpoint related stuff :(
Apply braking of the vehicle for DO_WINCH command
- Copies the behavior of NAV_CMD_DELAY, which executes a smooth, braking
behavior when executing the delay because of the braking condition in
`set_mission_items` function
- This will not apply to Fixed wings
- The payload deploy getting triggered may be too early, as right now as
soon as the vehicle approaches the waypoint within the acceptance
threshold, the payload gets deployed
Add DO_GRIPPER support
Implement Gripper actual Hardware triggering support
- Currently not working, possibly in the mixer there's a bug
- Implemented the publishing of actuator_controls_1 uORB topic
- Implemented the test command for the payload_drop module, to test the
grpiper functionality
- Edited px4board file to include the payload_drop module
- Added Holybro X500 V2 airframe file, to enable testing on X500 V2
- Created new Quad X Payload Delivery mixer, which maps the actuator
controls 1 topic's data into the MAIN pin 5 output
Make Payload Drop Gripper Work
- Initialization of the Gripper position to CLOSED on Constructor of the
payload_drop module
- Setting the OPEN and CLOSED value to the appropriate actuator controls
input
Set vehicle_command_ack message's timestamp correctly
- By not setting the timestamp, the ack commands were not correctly
graphed in PlotJuggler!
Rename payload drop module to payload deliverer
- I think it's a more complex name (harder to type), but more generic
Add Gripper class (WIP)
Add Gripper class functionalities
- Add gripper uORB message
- Add gripper state machine
Use Gripper class as main interface in payload_deliverer
- Utilizes Gripper class functions for doing Gripper functionality
Remove mixer based package delivery trigger logic
- Remove custom mixer files that mapped actuator controls to outputs
statically
Additional improvements of the payload_deliverer
Fix payload_deliverer module not starting
- _task_id wasn't geting set appropriately in task_spawn function, which
led to runtime failure
Add Gripper Function to mixer_module
- Still not showing up as function mapping in QGC, needs fix
Add parameters to control gripper behavior
- Now user can enable / disable gripper
- Also select which type of gripper to use
Applying review from nuno
Remove timeout fetching from mission item and use gripper's timeout
- Previously, it was planned to use a custom DO_GRIPPER and DO_WINCH
MAVLink message definitions with information on timeout, but since now
we are using original message definition, only relevant timeout
information is defined in the payload_deliverer class
- This change brings in the timeout parameter to the Navigator, which
then sets the timeout in the mission_block class level, which then
processes the timeout logic
Make payload deployment work for Allmend test :P
Support gripper open/close test commands in payload_deliverer
Move enum definition for GRIPPER_ACTION to vehicle_command.msg
Remove double call for ` ${R}etc/init.d/rc.vehicle_setup`
- Was introduced during the rebase
- Was causing module already running & uORB topic can't be advertised
errors
Fix format via `make format` command
Modify S500 airframe file to use for control allocation usage
- Added Control allocation related parameters as default to not have it
reset every time the airframe is selected
Implement mission specific payload deploy timeout and more changes
Switch payload_deliverer to run on work queue
Remove unnecessary files
- Airframe changes from enabling control allocation are removed
Address review comments
- Remove debug messages
- Remove unnecessary or verbose comments & code
- Properly call parameter_update() function
Switch payload_deliverer to scheduled interval work item & refactor
- Switch to Schedeuled on Interval Work Item, as previous vehicle
command subscription callback based behavior led to vehicle comamnd ack
not being sent accordingly (since the Run() wouldn't be called unless
there's a new vehicle command), leading to ack command not being sent
out
- Also, old vehicle commands were getting fetched due to the
subscription callback as well, which was removed with this patch
- Fix the wrong population of floating point param2 field of vehicle
command by int8_t type gripper action by creating dedicated function
- Refactor and add comments to increase readability
Add gripper::grabbing() method and handle this in parameter update
- Previously, the intermediate state 'grabbing' was not considered, and
when the parameter update was called after the first initialization of
the gripper, the grab() function was being called again, which would
produce unnecessary duplicate vehicle command.
- Also replaced direct .grab() access to sending vehicle comamnd, which
unifies the gripper actuation mechanism through vehicle commands.
Navigator: Change SubscriptionData to Subscription to reduce memory usage
- Also removed unused vehicle command ack sub
PayloadDeliverer: Remove unnecessary changes & Bring back vehicle_command sub cb
This is to make clear that the relevant part of the home position
message for navigator is the global one. Local home position isn't
required as everything is done in global coordinates.
The specific home_alt_valid is used when lat/lon are not used
* Navigator: enable DO_CHANGE_SPEED for outside of mission
- update _mission_cruising_speed_mc/_fw also if DO_CHANGE_SPEED command
is received outside of mission (e.g. while Loitering doing an Orbit)
- if vehicle is in AUTO_LOITER when receiving the change speed, then immediately
apply it by doing a reposition without updating any other field than cruising_speed
and cruising_throttle
-when RTL is activated reset the cruising speed and throttle
* Navigator: reset cruise speed and throttle to default when VTOL-transitioning
Signed-off-by: Silvan Fuhrer <silvan@auterion.com>
The FW Position controller sets the wp to be tracked during a
VTOL front transition, the coordinates sp set here weren't used.
Signed-off-by: Silvan Fuhrer <silvan@auterion.com>
Unwraps the set_loiter_item() to solve the issue where the altitdue setpoint
in a MC takeoff wasn't correctly used.
Signed-off-by: RomanBapst <bapstroman@gmail.com>
It was used to make the vehicle needing to accept the waypoint after a VTOL transition in the new VTOL mode
Signed-off-by: Silvan Fuhrer <silvan@auterion.com>
- handle SET_POSITION_TARGET_LOCAL_NED and SET_POSITION_TARGET_GLOBAL_INT with ORB_ID(trajectory_setpoint)
- FlightTaskOffboard not needed at all
- bypass position_setpoint_triplet entirely (start removing extraneous fields)
- simplify offboard_control_mode to map to supported control modes
- especially when there are strong winds it's better to just go straight
to the landing point instead of trying to follow the planned path
Signed-off-by: RomanBapst <bapstroman@gmail.com>
- if vtol and in rotary wing mode then don't execute the mission landing
because it's designed to be flow as a fixed wing
- if vtol and in rotary wing mode and mission land is available then fly directly
to landing point and don't go home!
Signed-off-by: RomanBapst <bapstroman@gmail.com>
- this fixes a race condition which happens when an RTL is triggered
during the final approach of a mission landing. In that case the mission inactive
method is never called.
Signed-off-by: RomanBapst <bapstroman@gmail.com>
- previously the decision of being on a landing pattern was taken by just
looking at the current mission index. However, even if the current mission
index indicates a landing pattern the vehicle could be at an arbitrary location, far
from being established on the pattern.
Signed-off-by: RomanBapst <bapstroman@gmail.com>
- this caused the navigator to use the next waypoint (after the vtol takeoff item)
to be used as target during the transition. If the altitude of that waypoint
was much higher than the takeoff altitude then there were FOH effects
after the transition which caused the vehicle to first descend before
climbing again.
Signed-off-by: RomanBapst <bapstroman@gmail.com>
* Enable offboard gliding position setpoints
Adds a capability to make the vehicle glide when given position setpoints.
Gliding setpoints are enabled by setting POSITION_TARGET_TYPEMASK_Z_IGNORE, POSITION_TARGET_TYPEMASK_VZ_IGNORE, POSITION_TARGET_TYPEMASK_AZ_IGNORE on the typemask of position setpoints.
Include zero cruising throttle
Invalid setpoints with nan
* Handle nans for curise_throttle
This enables the navigator to wait for a specific gate coordinate to pass orthogonally to the current trajectory. This is particularly helpful for payload / camera handling in missions and avoids a dependency of payload handling on navigation waypoints.
- rename of flag in position sp: from allow_weather_vane to disable_weather_vane
- flag now doesn't have to be set for all auto modes, meaning that weather vane is also active outside of mission
- flag is set before front transition to align with wp, and unset after alignment is over
Signed-off-by: Silvan Fuhrer <silvan@auterion.com>
This fixes a corner case for VTOL RTL with RTL_TYPE 1.
RTL_TYPE 1 means that the VTOL skips all waypoints on RTL and jumps to
the land waypoint at the end.
During a mission in fixedwing mode it will continue to fly in fixedwing
mode and then do a transition before landing.
However, if RTL is engaged right at the moment of the front transition,
the transition waypoint is not inserted and the VTOL will try to land in
fixedwing mode at the mission land location.
This corner case is fixed in this patch by also considering the
"transition after takeoff" state.
The navigator has a notion of resetting the triplets which means the
triplet setpoints are set to invalid and therefore not to be used by
downstream modules such as flight tasks.
However, before this patch, the triplets were not published if invalid
meaning that a valid triplet would stay the truth until a new valid
triplet would get published.
E.g. this lead to the corner case case where we publish a valid triplet
with an IDLE setpoint on ground in HOLD and then don't update the
triplet while flying in POSCTL mode. Later, when RTL is engaged, the
flight task will use IDLE until navigator (which runs slower) has
published the next triplet.
The fix involves two main changes:
- Publish invalid triplets to avoid stale triplets.
- Avoid publishing the triplet on every iteration in manual modes by not
setting `_pos_sp_triplet_published_invalid_once = false`.
When testing this I realized that a mission upload during RTL would stop
RTL. This is because the mission is updated while the mission navigation
mode is not active and reset_triplets() is called from there. This is
now only done for the case where we are actually in mission navigation
mode. The fact that a mission is updated when not active also seems
wrong and is something to fix another time.
Silvan Fuhrer