How to give the waypoints using a yaml file for autonomy?

[anu120]

Hello,

I am trying to navigate my mobile base using a custom behavior tree. For the moment I am using "Navigate to pose with replanning and recovery BT" till I debug the following issue. In the nav2_params.yaml file I gave the location of this BT by default_bt_xml_filename: "/.../ros2_ws/src/mobile_base/bt_xml/navigate_to_pose_bt.xml". My problem lies at the launch file, where I am trying to give the waypoints that the mobile base has to follow using a .yaml file, and this can be an argument given to navigation_launch.py. When I launch it using ros2 launch mobile_base autonomy.launch.py locations_file:=/../ros2_ws/src/mobile_base/config/sim_house_locations.yaml it does not do anything. If I give the waypoints using the Rviz then it moves, that means it identifies the BT. However when I try to give the waypoints using this file it seems that the sim_house_locations.yaml file is not read.
Can anyone please pinpoint the mistake I am doing here ?

Below is the launch file (I extracted from bringup_launch.py in nav2_bringup and modified)

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import os

from ament_index_python.packages import get_package_share_directory

from launch import LaunchDescription
from launch.actions import (
    DeclareLaunchArgument,
    GroupAction,
    IncludeLaunchDescription,
    SetEnvironmentVariable,
)
from launch.conditions import IfCondition
from launch.launch_description_sources import PythonLaunchDescriptionSource
from launch.substitutions import LaunchConfiguration, PythonExpression
from launch_ros.actions import Node

from launch_ros.actions import PushRosNamespace
from launch_ros.descriptions import ParameterFile
from nav2_common.launch import RewrittenYaml


def generate_launch_description():
    # Get the launch directory
    bringup_dir = get_package_share_directory('mobile_base')
    launch_dir = os.path.join(bringup_dir, 'launch')

 

    # Create the launch configuration variables
    namespace = LaunchConfiguration('namespace')
    slam = LaunchConfiguration('slam')
    map_yaml_file = LaunchConfiguration('map')
    use_sim_time = LaunchConfiguration('use_sim_time')
    params_file = LaunchConfiguration('params_file')
    autostart = LaunchConfiguration('autostart')
    use_composition = LaunchConfiguration('use_composition')
    use_respawn = LaunchConfiguration('use_respawn')
    log_level = LaunchConfiguration('log_level')
    use_localization = LaunchConfiguration('use_localization')
    locations_file = LaunchConfiguration('locations_file')

    # Map fully qualified names to relative ones so the node's namespace can be prepended.
    # In case of the transforms (tf), currently, there doesn't seem to be a better alternative
    # https://github.com/ros/geometry2/issues/32
    # https://github.com/ros/robot_state_publisher/pull/30
    # TODO(orduno) Substitute with `PushNodeRemapping`
    #              https://github.com/ros2/launch_ros/issues/56
    remappings = [('/tf', 'tf'), ('/tf_static', 'tf_static')]

    configured_params = ParameterFile(
        RewrittenYaml(
            source_file=params_file,
            root_key=namespace,
            param_rewrites={},
            convert_types=True,
        ),
        allow_substs=True,
    )

    stdout_linebuf_envvar = SetEnvironmentVariable(
        'RCUTILS_LOGGING_BUFFERED_STREAM', '1'
    )

    declare_namespace_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'namespace', default_value='', description='Top-level namespace'
    )

 

    declare_map_yaml_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'map', default_value='', description='Full path to map yaml file to load'
    )

    declare_use_localization_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'use_localization', default_value='True',
        description='Whether to enable localization or not'
    )

    declare_use_sim_time_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'use_sim_time',
        default_value='false',
        description='Use simulation (Gazebo) clock if true',
    )

    declare_params_file_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'params_file',
        default_value=os.path.join(bringup_dir, 'config', 'nav2_params.yaml'),
        description='Full path to the ROS2 parameters file to use for all launched nodes',
    )

    declare_autostart_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'autostart',
        default_value='true',
        description='Automatically startup the nav2 stack',
    )

    declare_use_composition_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'use_composition',
        default_value='True',
        description='Whether to use composed bringup',
    )

    declare_use_respawn_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'use_respawn',
        default_value='False',
        description='Whether to respawn if a node crashes. Applied when composition is disabled.',
    )

    declare_log_level_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'log_level', default_value='info', description='log level'
    )


        # Declare the 'yaml_file' argument with a description
    declare_locations_file_arg = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'locations_file',
        description='Path to the YAML file (file1.yaml or file2.yaml)',
        default_value=os.path.join(bringup_dir, "config", "sim_house_locations.yaml")  # Default to one of the YAML files
    )
    # Specify the actions
    bringup_cmd_group = GroupAction(
        [
           
            Node(
                condition=IfCondition(use_composition),
                name='nav2_container',
                package='rclcpp_components',
                executable='component_container_isolated',
                parameters=[configured_params, {'autostart': autostart}],
                arguments=['--ros-args', '--log-level', log_level],
                remappings=remappings,
                output='screen',
            ),
           
            IncludeLaunchDescription(
                PythonLaunchDescriptionSource(
                    os.path.join(launch_dir, 'localization_launch.py')
                ),
                condition=IfCondition(PythonExpression([use_localization])),
                launch_arguments={
                    'namespace': namespace,
                    'map': map_yaml_file,
                    'use_sim_time': use_sim_time,
                    'autostart': autostart,
                    'params_file': params_file,
                    'use_composition': use_composition,
                    'use_respawn': use_respawn,
                    'container_name': 'nav2_container',
                }.items(),
            ),
            IncludeLaunchDescription(
                PythonLaunchDescriptionSource(
                    os.path.join(launch_dir, 'navigation_launch.py')
                ),
                launch_arguments={
                    'namespace': namespace,
                    'use_sim_time': use_sim_time,
                    'autostart': autostart,
                    'params_file': params_file,
                    'use_composition': use_composition,
                    'use_respawn': use_respawn,
                    'locations_file':locations_file, 
                    'container_name': 'nav2_container',
                }.items(),
            ),
        ]
    )

    # Create the launch description and populate
    ld = LaunchDescription()

    # Set environment variables
    ld.add_action(stdout_linebuf_envvar)



    # Declare the launch options
    ld.add_action(declare_namespace_cmd)
    
    ld.add_action(declare_map_yaml_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_sim_time_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_params_file_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_autostart_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_composition_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_respawn_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_log_level_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_localization_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_locations_file_arg )

    # Add the actions to launch all of the navigation nodes
    ld.add_action(bringup_cmd_group)

    return ld

[SteveMacenski]

What is "locations_file"? That's not a launch argument of navigation_launch.py

[anu120]

That is the file I want to give as a command line argument. Thought I can include it to navigation_launch file. If that is the mistake, kindly let me know where I can include that locations_file so that the waypoints can be given using the launch command.

[SteveMacenski]

You would need to create your own navigation_launch.py that would accept it and pass it onto the appropriate server which will read that parameter, file, and finally execute your task.

[anu120]

Ok, I think I understood. Thank you!