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Open MoffKalast opened this issue 4 years ago • 0 comments

So there seems to be a lot of info that move_basic is aware of during goal movement, but cannot be communicated back to the action client. There is technically a string in GoalStatus, but there doesn't seem to be a way to access that in the python implementation at least.

I would propose creating an extra topic where some of this data could be published, such as:

  • current action being taken (rotating, linear move)
  • are we waiting for an obstacle
  • distance remaining to goal
  • etc.

That could then be displayed as relevant info in breadcrumb an ezmap, since it's sometimes not clear why the robot is standing still near a goal that's close to a wall or something, which is unintentionally triggering the obstacle wait.

MoffKalast avatar Nov 08 '21 14:11 MoffKalast