slam_launch.py

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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
from launch.conditions import IfCondition, UnlessCondition
from launch.launch_description_sources import PythonLaunchDescriptionSource
from launch.substitutions import LaunchConfiguration
from launch_ros.actions import Node, SetParameter, SetRemap
from launch_ros.descriptions import ParameterFile
from nav2_common.launch import HasNodeParams, RewrittenYaml
 
 
def generate_launch_description():
    # Input parameters declaration
    namespace = LaunchConfiguration('namespace')
    params_file = LaunchConfiguration('params_file')
    use_sim_time = LaunchConfiguration('use_sim_time')
    autostart = LaunchConfiguration('autostart')
    use_respawn = LaunchConfiguration('use_respawn')
    log_level = LaunchConfiguration('log_level')
 
    # Variables
    lifecycle_nodes = ['map_saver']
 
    # Getting directories and launch-files
    bringup_dir = get_package_share_directory('nav2_bringup')
    slam_toolbox_dir = get_package_share_directory('slam_toolbox')
    slam_launch_file = os.path.join(slam_toolbox_dir, 'launch', 'online_sync_launch.py')
 
    # Create our own temporary YAML files that include substitutions
    configured_params = ParameterFile(
        RewrittenYaml(
            source_file=params_file,
            root_key=namespace,
            param_rewrites={},
            convert_types=True,
        ),
        allow_substs=True,
    )
 
    # Declare the launch arguments
    declare_namespace_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'namespace', default_value='', description='Top-level namespace'
    )
 
    declare_params_file_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'params_file',
        default_value=os.path.join(bringup_dir, 'params', 'nav2_params.yaml'),
        description='Full path to the ROS2 parameters file to use for all launched nodes',
    )
 
    declare_use_sim_time_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'use_sim_time',
        default_value='True',
        description='Use simulation (Gazebo) clock if true',
    )
 
    declare_autostart_cmd = DeclareLaunchArgument(
        'autostart',
        default_value='True',
        description='Automatically startup the nav2 stack',
    )
 
    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'
    )
 
    # Nodes launching commands
    start_map_server = GroupAction(
        actions=[
            SetParameter('use_sim_time', use_sim_time),
            Node(
                package='nav2_map_server',
                executable='map_saver_server',
                output='screen',
                respawn=use_respawn,
                respawn_delay=2.0,
                arguments=['--ros-args', '--log-level', log_level],
                parameters=[configured_params],
            ),
            Node(
                package='nav2_lifecycle_manager',
                executable='lifecycle_manager',
                name='lifecycle_manager_slam',
                output='screen',
                arguments=['--ros-args', '--log-level', log_level],
                parameters=[{'autostart': autostart}, {'node_names': lifecycle_nodes}],
            ),
        ]
    )
 
    # If the provided param file doesn't have slam_toolbox params, we must remove the 'params_file'
    # LaunchConfiguration, or it will be passed automatically to slam_toolbox and will not load
    # the default file
    has_slam_toolbox_params = HasNodeParams(
        source_file=params_file, node_name='slam_toolbox'
    )
 
    start_slam_toolbox_cmd = GroupAction(
 
        actions=[
            # Remapping required to have a slam session subscribe & publish in optional namespaces
            SetRemap(src='/scan', dst='scan'),
            SetRemap(src='/tf', dst='tf'),
            SetRemap(src='/tf_static', dst='tf_static'),
            SetRemap(src='/map', dst='map'),
 
            IncludeLaunchDescription(
                PythonLaunchDescriptionSource(slam_launch_file),
                launch_arguments={'use_sim_time': use_sim_time}.items(),
                condition=UnlessCondition(has_slam_toolbox_params),
            ),
 
            IncludeLaunchDescription(
                PythonLaunchDescriptionSource(slam_launch_file),
                launch_arguments={'use_sim_time': use_sim_time,
                                  'slam_params_file': params_file}.items(),
                condition=IfCondition(has_slam_toolbox_params),
            )
        ]
    )
 
    ld = LaunchDescription()
 
    # Declare the launch options
    ld.add_action(declare_namespace_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_params_file_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_sim_time_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_autostart_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_use_respawn_cmd)
    ld.add_action(declare_log_level_cmd)
 
    # Running Map Saver Server
    ld.add_action(start_map_server)
 
    # Running SLAM Toolbox (Only one of them will be run)
    ld.add_action(start_slam_toolbox_cmd)
 
    return ld