controller_to_csv.cpp

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/* Author: Dave Coleman
   Desc:   Records a ros_control ControllerState data to CSV for Matlab/etc analysis
*/
 
#include <ros_control_boilerplate/tools/controller_to_csv.h>
 
// Basic file operations
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
 
// ROS parameter loading
#include <rosparam_shortcuts/rosparam_shortcuts.h>
 
namespace ros_control_boilerplate
{
ControllerToCSV::ControllerToCSV(const std::string& topic) : nh_("~"), first_update_(true), recording_started_(true)
{
  // Load rosparams
  ros::NodeHandle rpsnh(nh_, name_);
  int error = 0;
  error += !rosparam_shortcuts::get(name_, rpsnh, "record_hz", record_hz_);
  rosparam_shortcuts::shutdownIfError(name_, error);
 
  ROS_INFO_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "Subscribing to " << topic);
  // State subscriber
  state_sub_ = nh_.subscribe<control_msgs::JointTrajectoryControllerState>(topic, 1, &ControllerToCSV::stateCB, this);
 
  // Wait for states to populate
  waitForSubscriber(state_sub_);
 
  // Alert user to mode
  if (recordAll())
  {
    ROS_INFO_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "Recording all incoming controller state messages");
  }
  else
  {
    ROS_INFO_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "Only recording every " << record_hz_ << " hz");
  }
 
  ROS_INFO_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "ControllerToCSV Ready.");
}
 
ControllerToCSV::~ControllerToCSV()
{
  stopRecording();
}
 
bool ControllerToCSV::recordAll()
{
  return record_hz_ == 0;
}
 
void ControllerToCSV::stateCB(const control_msgs::JointTrajectoryControllerState::ConstPtr& state)
{
  // Two modes - save all immediately, or only save at certain frequency
  if (recordAll())
  {
    // Record state
    states_.push_back(current_state_);
 
    // Record current time
    timestamps_.push_back(ros::Time::now());
  }
  else  // only record at freq
  {
    current_state_ = *state;
  }
}
 
// Start the data collection
void ControllerToCSV::startRecording(const std::string& file_name)
{
  ROS_INFO_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "Saving to " << file_name);
  file_name_ = file_name;
 
  // Reset data collections
  states_.clear();
  timestamps_.clear();
 
  recording_started_ = true;
 
  // Start sampling loop
  if (!recordAll())  // only record at the specified frequency
  {
    ros::Duration update_freq = ros::Duration(1.0 / record_hz_);
    non_realtime_loop_ = nh_.createTimer(update_freq, &ControllerToCSV::update, this);
  }
}
 
void ControllerToCSV::update(const ros::TimerEvent& event)
{
  if (first_update_)
  {
    // Check if we've recieved any states yet
    if (current_state_.joint_names.empty())
    {
      ROS_WARN_STREAM_THROTTLE_NAMED(2, name_, "No states recieved yet");
      return;
    }
    first_update_ = false;
  }
  else  // if (event.last_real > 0)
  {
    const double freq = 1.0 / (event.current_real - event.last_real).toSec();
    ROS_INFO_STREAM_THROTTLE_NAMED(2, name_,
                                   "Updating at " << freq << " hz, total: "
                                                  << (ros::Time::now() - timestamps_.front()).toSec() << " seconds");
  }
  // Record state
  states_.push_back(current_state_);
 
  // Record current time
  timestamps_.push_back(ros::Time::now());
}
 
void ControllerToCSV::stopRecording()
{
  non_realtime_loop_.stop();
  writeToFile();
}
 
bool ControllerToCSV::writeToFile()
{
  std::cout << "Writing data to file " << std::endl;
 
  if (!states_.size())
  {
    std::cout << "No controller states populated" << std::endl;
    return false;
  }
 
  std::ofstream output_file;
  output_file.open(file_name_.c_str());
 
  // Output header -------------------------------------------------------
  output_file << "timestamp,";
  for (std::size_t j = 0; j < states_[0].joint_names.size(); ++j)
  {
    output_file << states_[0].joint_names[j] << "_desired_pos," << states_[0].joint_names[j] << "_desired_vel,"
                << states_[0].joint_names[j] << "_actual_pos," << states_[0].joint_names[j] << "_actual_vel,"
                << states_[0].joint_names[j] << "_error_pos," << states_[0].joint_names[j] << "_error_vel,";
  }
  output_file << std::endl;
 
  // Output data ------------------------------------------------------
 
  // Subtract starting time
  // double start_time = states_[0].header.stamp.toSec();
  double start_time = timestamps_[0].toSec();
 
  for (std::size_t i = 0; i < states_.size(); ++i)
  {
    // Timestamp
    output_file << timestamps_[i].toSec() - start_time << ",";
 
    // Output entire state of robot to single line
    for (std::size_t j = 0; j < states_[i].joint_names.size(); ++j)
    {
      // Output State
      output_file << states_[i].desired.positions[j] << "," << states_[i].desired.velocities[j] << ","
                  << states_[i].actual.positions[j] << "," << states_[i].actual.velocities[j] << ","
                  << states_[i].error.positions[j] << "," << states_[i].error.velocities[j] << ",";
    }
 
    output_file << std::endl;
  }
  output_file.close();
  std::cout << "Wrote to file: " << file_name_ << std::endl;
  return true;
}
 
bool ControllerToCSV::waitForSubscriber(const ros::Subscriber& sub, const double& wait_time)
{
  // Benchmark runtime
  ros::Time start_time;
  start_time = ros::Time::now();
 
  // Will wait at most 1000 ms (1 sec)
  ros::Time max_time(ros::Time::now() + ros::Duration(wait_time));
 
  // This is wrong. It returns only the number of subscribers that have already established their
  // direct connections to this subscriber
  int num_existing_subscribers = sub.getNumPublishers();
 
  // How often to check for subscribers
  ros::Rate poll_rate(200);
 
  // Wait for subsriber
  while (num_existing_subscribers == 0)
  {
    // Check if timed out
    if (ros::Time::now() > max_time)
    {
      ROS_WARN_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "Topic '" << sub.getTopic() << "' unable to connect to any publishers within "
                                             << wait_time << " seconds.");
      return false;
    }
    ros::spinOnce();
 
    // Sleep
    poll_rate.sleep();
 
    // Check again
    num_existing_subscribers = sub.getNumPublishers();
  }
 
  // Benchmark runtime
  if (true)
  {
    double duration = (ros::Time::now() - start_time).toSec();
    ROS_DEBUG_STREAM_NAMED(name_, "Topic '" << sub.getTopic() << "' took " << duration
                                            << " seconds to connect to a subscriber. "
                                               "Connected to "
                                            << num_existing_subscribers << " total subsribers");
  }
  return true;
}
 
}  // namespace ros_control_boilerplate