astik-2002 / simulator_lidar

Simulate dynamic environments and LiDAR observations

LIDAR Simulator for Dynamic Environments

This is a simple LIDAR simulator developed in python.

Requires:

• python3
• numpy library
• matplotlib library (for images and videos)
• yaml (for reading the environment we create inside the config folder)
• moviepy library (for videos)

Define static and/or dynamic obstacles (e.g. walls, vehicles, etc.) in a yaml file inside the config folder:

• Check toy1.yaml file to see how to define an environment. Area and obstacles should be defined in the yaml file.

Output:

• carmen.log.gfs or time_x_y_occopancy.csv, robot_pose.npz, all_data_i.npz, frame_i.png, movie.gif/mp4

v1 released v2 released - new addition: moving robot

Instructions: See video

• Step 1: Specify the enviroment as a yaml file (see the config folder)
• Step 2: Specify the lidar parameters such as distance, angle, etc, and file configurations at the bottom of run_simulation.py
• Step 3: run run_simulation.py
• Step 4: Draw the robot's trajectory by clicking on various locations on the gui (close to exit) or hard code the pose/s video
• Output: robot's poses as a .npz file, .csv or carmen data file, all data for each time step as .npz, and images for each time step

Note: Output .csv file: column1=time, column2=longitude, column3=latitude, column4=occupied/free. This file is compatible with Bayesian Hilbert Maps.