Aria  2.8.0
joydriveActionExample.cpp

Example ArAction object that uses ArJoyHandler to get joystick input.This program just drives the robot around with a joystick, by way of an ArAction class which reads data fram an ArJoyHandler. Its a practical example of actions.

/*
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*/
#include "Aria.h"
// the action which will drive the robot
class JoydriveAction : public ArAction
{
public:
// constructor
JoydriveAction(void);
// empty destructor
virtual ~JoydriveAction(void);
//the fire which will actually tell the resolver what to do
virtual ArActionDesired *fire(ArActionDesired currentDesired);
// whether the joystick is initalized or not
bool joystickInited(void);
protected:
// action desired
ArActionDesired myDesired;
// joystick handler
ArJoyHandler myJoyHandler;
};
/*
Note the use of constructor chaining with ArAction.
*/
JoydriveAction::JoydriveAction(void) :
ArAction("Joydrive Action", "This action reads the joystick and sets the translational and rotational velocity based on this.")
{
// initialize the joystick
myJoyHandler.init();
// set up the speed parameters on the joystick
myJoyHandler.setSpeeds(50, 700);
}
JoydriveAction::~JoydriveAction(void)
{
}
// whether the joystick is there or not
bool JoydriveAction::joystickInited(void)
{
return myJoyHandler.haveJoystick();
}
// the guts of the thing
ArActionDesired *JoydriveAction::fire(ArActionDesired currentDesired)
{
int rot, trans;
// print out some info about hte robot
printf("\rx %6.1f y %6.1f tth %6.1f vel %7.1f mpacs %3d", myRobot->getX(),
fflush(stdout);
// see if one of the buttons is pushed, if so drive
if (myJoyHandler.haveJoystick() && (myJoyHandler.getButton(1) ||
myJoyHandler.getButton(2)))
{
// get the readings from the joystick
myJoyHandler.getAdjusted(&rot, &trans);
// set what we want to do
myDesired.setVel(trans);
myDesired.setDeltaHeading(-rot);
// return the actionDesired
return &myDesired;
}
else
{
// set what we want to do
myDesired.setVel(0);
myDesired.setDeltaHeading(0);
// return the actionDesired
return &myDesired;
}
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
ArRobot robot;
ArSimpleConnector connector(&argc, argv);
if (!connector.parseArgs() || argc > 1)
{
connector.logOptions();
return 1;
}
// Instance of the JoydriveAction class defined above
JoydriveAction jdAct;
// if the joydrive action couldn't find the joystick, then exit.
if (!jdAct.joystickInited())
{
printf("Do not have a joystick, set up the joystick then rerun the program\n\n");
return 1;
}
// Connect to the robot
if (!connector.connectRobot(&robot))
{
printf("Could not connect to robot... exiting\n");
return 2;
}
// disable sonar, enable motors, disable amigobot sound
// add the action
robot.addAction(&jdAct, 100);
// run the robot, true so it'll exit if we lose connection
robot.run(true);
// now exit program
return 0;
}