-- Move a Copter so as to reduce a slung payload's oscillation. Requires the payload be capable of sending its position and velocity to the main vehicle -- -- How To Use -- 1. copy this script to the autopilot's "scripts" directory -- 2. within the "scripts" directory create a "modules" directory -- 3. copy the MAVLink/mavlink_msgs_xxx files to the "scripts" directory -- 4. add an autopilot and GPS to the payload and configure it to send GLOBAL_POSITION_INT messages at 10hz to the vehicle -- 5. create a mission with a SCRIPT_TIME or PAYLOAD_PLACE command included -- 6. fly the mission and the vehicle should move so as to reduce the payload's oscillations while executing the SCRIPT_TIME or PAYLOAD_PLACE commands -- 7. optionally set SLUP_SYSID to the system id of the payload autopilot -- 8. optionally set WP_YAW_BEHAVIOR to 0 to prevent the vehicle from yawing while moving to the payload -- load mavlink message definitions from modules/MAVLink directory local mavlink_msgs = require("MAVLink/mavlink_msgs") -- global definitions local MAV_SEVERITY = {EMERGENCY=0, ALERT=1, CRITICAL=2, ERROR=3, WARNING=4, NOTICE=5, INFO=6, DEBUG=7} local UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 10 -- update at about 100hz local COPTER_MODE_AUTO = 3 local MAV_CMD_NAV_PAYLOAD_PLACE = 94 local MAV_CMD_NAV_SCRIPT_TIME = 42702 local PAYLOAD_OFFSET_COMP_VEL_MAX = 1 -- payload offset compensation will be active when the payload's horizontal velocity is no more than this speed in m/s local PAYLOAD_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000 -- payload update timeout, used to warn user on loss of connection local CONTROL_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000 -- control timeout, used to reset offsets if they have not been set for more than 3 seconds local TEXT_PREFIX_STR = "copter-slung-payload:" -- prefix for all text messages -- setup script specific parameters local PARAM_TABLE_KEY = 82 local PARAM_TABLE_PREFIX = "SLUP_" assert(param:add_table(PARAM_TABLE_KEY, PARAM_TABLE_PREFIX, 7), 'could not add param table') -- add a parameter and bind it to a variable function bind_add_param(name, idx, default_value) assert(param:add_param(PARAM_TABLE_KEY, idx, name, default_value), string.format('could not add param %s', PARAM_TABLE_PREFIX .. name)) return Parameter(PARAM_TABLE_PREFIX .. name) end --[[ // @Param: SLUP_ENABLE // @DisplayName: Slung Payload enable // @Description: Slung Payload enable // @Values: 0:Disabled,1:Enabled // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_ENABLE = bind_add_param("ENABLE", 1, 1) --[[ // @Param: SLUP_VEL_P // @DisplayName: Slung Payload Velocity P gain // @Description: Slung Payload Velocity P gain, higher values will result in faster movements in sync with payload // @Range: 0 0.8 // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_VEL_P = bind_add_param("VEL_P", 2, 0.5) --[[ // @Param: SLUP_DIST_MAX // @DisplayName: Slung Payload horizontal distance max // @Description: Oscillation is suppressed when vehicle and payload are no more than this distance horizontally. Set to 0 to always suppress // @Range: 0 30 // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_DIST_MAX = bind_add_param("DIST_MAX", 3, 15) --[[ // @Param: SLUP_SYSID // @DisplayName: Slung Payload mavlink system id // @Description: Slung Payload mavlink system id. 0 to use any/all system ids // @Range: 0 255 // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_SYSID = bind_add_param("SYSID", 4, 0) --[[ // @Param: SLUP_WP_POS_P // @DisplayName: Slung Payload return to WP position P gain // @Description: WP position P gain. higher values will result in vehicle moving more quickly back to the original waypoint // @Range: 0 1 // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_WP_POS_P = bind_add_param("WP_POS_P", 5, 0.05) --[[ // @Param: SLUP_RESTOFS_TC // @DisplayName: Slung Payload resting offset estimate filter time constant // @Description: payload's position estimator's time constant used to compensate for GPS errors and wind. Higher values result in smoother estimate but slower response // @Range: 1 20 // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_RESTOFS_TC = bind_add_param("RESTOFS_TC", 6, 10) --[[ // @Param: SLUP_DEBUG // @DisplayName: Slung Payload debug output // @Description: Slung payload debug output, set to 1 to enable debug // @Values: 0:Disabled,1:Enabled // @User: Standard --]] local SLUP_DEBUG = bind_add_param("DEBUG", 7, 0) -- mavlink definitions local GLOBAL_POSITION_INT_ID = 33 local msg_map = {} msg_map[GLOBAL_POSITION_INT_ID] = "GLOBAL_POSITION_INT" -- initialize MAVLink rx with number of messages, and buffer depth mavlink:init(2, 5) -- register message id to receive mavlink:register_rx_msgid(GLOBAL_POSITION_INT_ID) -- variables local payload_sysid = nil -- holds sysid of payload once a matching global position int message has been received local payload_loc = Location() -- payload location local payload_vel = Vector3f() -- payload velocity local payload_acc = Vector3f() -- payload acceleration local payload_update_timeout_prev = true -- payload update timeout state from previous iteration, used to detect loss/recovery of payload updates local payload_loc_update_ms = uint32_t(0) -- system time that payload_loc was last updated local payload_dist_NED = Vector3f() -- distance between vehicle and payload in NED frame local global_pos_int_timebootms_prev = 0 -- global position int message's time_boot_ms field from previous iteration (used to calc dt) local resting_offset_NED = Vector3f() -- estimated position offset between payload and vehicle local resting_vel_NED = Vector3f() -- estimated velocity offset. should be near zero when hovering local resting_offset_valid = false -- true if resting_offset_NED and resting_vel_NED can be used local resting_offset_update_ms = uint32_t(0) -- system time that resting_offset_NED was last updated local resting_offset_notify_ms = uint32_t(0) -- system time that the user was sent the resting_offset_NED local send_velocity_offsets = false -- true if we should send vehicle velocity offset commands to reduce payload oscillation local sent_velocity_offsets_ms = uint32_t(0) -- system time that the last velocity offset was sent to the vehicle local control_timeout_ms = uint32_t(0) -- system time that the control timeout occurred local payload_vel_prev = Vector3f() -- previous iterations payload velocity used to calculate acceleration local print_warning_ms = uint32_t(0) -- system time that the last warning was printed. used to prevent spamming the user with warnings -- display a text warning to the user. only displays a warning every second -- prefix is automatically added function print_warning(text_warning) local now_ms = millis() if (now_ms - print_warning_ms > 1000) then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.WARNING, string.format("%s %s", TEXT_PREFIX_STR, text_warning)) print_warning_ms = now_ms end end -- calculate sign of a number. 1 if positive, -1 if negative, 0 if exactly zero function get_sign(value) if value > 0 then return 1 elseif value < 0 then return -1 end return 0 end -- calculate an alpha for a first order low pass filter function calc_lowpass_alpha(dt, time_constant) local rc = time_constant/(math.pi*2) return dt/(dt+rc) end -- handle global position int message -- returns true if the message was from the payload and updates payload_loc, payload_vel, payload_acc and payload_loc_update_ms function handle_global_position_int(msg) -- check if message is from the correct system id if (SLUP_SYSID:get() > 0 and msg.sysid ~= SLUP_SYSID:get()) then return false end -- lock onto the first matching system id if payload_sysid == nil then payload_sysid = msg.sysid gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("%s found sysid:%d", TEXT_PREFIX_STR, msg.sysid)) elseif payload_sysid ~= msg.sysid then return false end -- check for duplicate messages and calculate dt local time_boot_ms = msg.time_boot_ms local dt = (time_boot_ms - global_pos_int_timebootms_prev) * 0.001 global_pos_int_timebootms_prev = time_boot_ms if dt <= 0 or dt > 1 then return false end -- update payload location payload_loc:lat(msg.lat) payload_loc:lng(msg.lon) payload_loc:alt(msg.alt * 0.1) -- update payload velocity payload_vel:x(msg.vx * 0.01) payload_vel:y(msg.vy * 0.01) payload_vel:z(msg.vz * 0.01) -- calc payload acceleration payload_acc:x((payload_vel:x() - payload_vel_prev:x()) / dt) payload_acc:y((payload_vel:y() - payload_vel_prev:y()) / dt) payload_acc:z((payload_vel:z() - payload_vel_prev:z()) / dt) payload_vel_prev = payload_vel:copy() -- record time of update payload_loc_update_ms = millis() return true end -- estimate the payload's resting position offset based on its current offset and velocity -- relies on payload_dist_NED and payload_vel being updated function update_payload_resting_offset() -- calculate dt since last update local now_ms = millis() local dt = (now_ms - resting_offset_update_ms):tofloat() * 0.001 resting_offset_update_ms = now_ms -- sanity check dt if (dt <= 0) then resting_offset_valid = false do return end end -- if not updated for more than 1 second, reset resting offset to current offset if (dt > 1) then resting_offset_NED = payload_dist_NED resting_vel_NED = payload_vel resting_offset_valid = false do return end end -- use a low-pass filter to move the resting offset NED towards the pos_offset_NED local alpha = calc_lowpass_alpha(dt, SLUP_RESTOFS_TC:get()) resting_offset_NED:x(resting_offset_NED:x() + (payload_dist_NED:x() - resting_offset_NED:x()) * alpha) resting_offset_NED:y(resting_offset_NED:y() + (payload_dist_NED:y() - resting_offset_NED:y()) * alpha) resting_offset_NED:z(resting_offset_NED:z() + (payload_dist_NED:z() - resting_offset_NED:z()) * alpha) resting_vel_NED:x(resting_vel_NED:x() + (payload_vel:x() - resting_vel_NED:x()) * alpha) resting_vel_NED:y(resting_vel_NED:y() + (payload_vel:y() - resting_vel_NED:y()) * alpha) resting_vel_NED:z(resting_vel_NED:z() + (payload_vel:z() - resting_vel_NED:z()) * alpha) -- debug output every 3 seconds local print_debug = false if (SLUP_DEBUG:get() > 0) and (now_ms - resting_offset_notify_ms > 3000) then print_debug = true resting_offset_notify_ms = now_ms end -- validate that resting offsets are valid -- resting velocity should be low to ensure the resting position estimate is accurate if (resting_vel_NED:xy():length() > PAYLOAD_OFFSET_COMP_VEL_MAX) then resting_offset_valid = false if print_debug then print_warning("resting velocity too high") end return end -- resting position should be within SLUP_DIST_MAX of the vehicle if resting_offset_NED:xy():length() > SLUP_DIST_MAX:get() then resting_offset_valid = false if print_debug then print_warning("payload resting pos too far, ignoring"); end return end -- update user if (print_debug) then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("resting a:%f px:%4.1f py:%4.1f pz:%4.1f vx:%4.1f vy:%4.1f vz:%4.1f", alpha, resting_offset_NED:x(), resting_offset_NED:y(), resting_offset_NED:z(), resting_vel_NED:x(), resting_vel_NED:y(), resting_vel_NED:z())) end -- if set got this far the resting offsets must be valid resting_offset_valid = true end -- move vehicle to reduce payload oscillation -- relies on payload_dist_NED, payload_vel, payload_acc, resting_offset_NED, resting_vel_NED being updated function move_vehicle() -- check horizontal distance is less than SLUP_DIST_MAX if SLUP_DIST_MAX:get() > 0 then local dist_xy = payload_dist_NED:xy():length() if (dist_xy > SLUP_DIST_MAX:get()) then print_warning(string.format("payload too far %4.1fm", dist_xy)); do return end end end -- get long-term payload offset used to compensate for GPS errors and wind local payload_offset_NED = Vector3f() if resting_offset_valid then payload_offset_NED = resting_offset_NED end -- get position offset (cumulative effect of velocity offsets) and use to slowly move back to waypoint local pos_offset_NED, _, _ = poscontrol:get_posvelaccel_offset() if pos_offset_NED == nil then print_warning("unable to get dist to waypoint") pos_offset_NED = Vector3f() end -- calculate send velocity offsets in m/s in NED frame local vel_offset_NED = Vector3f() vel_offset_NED:x(-payload_acc:x() * SLUP_VEL_P:get() + (-pos_offset_NED:x() - payload_offset_NED:x()) * SLUP_WP_POS_P:get()) vel_offset_NED:y(-payload_acc:y() * SLUP_VEL_P:get() + (-pos_offset_NED:y() - payload_offset_NED:y()) * SLUP_WP_POS_P:get()) if poscontrol:set_posvelaccel_offset(pos_offset_NED, vel_offset_NED, Vector3f()) then sent_velocity_offsets_ms = millis() end end -- display welcome message gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, "copter-slung-payload script loaded") -- update function to receive location from payload and move vehicle to reduce payload's oscillation function update() -- exit immediately if not enabled if (SLUP_ENABLE:get() <= 0) then return update, 1000 end -- get vehicle location local curr_loc = ahrs:get_location() if curr_loc == nil then return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end -- consume all available mavlink messages local payload_update_received = false local msg repeat msg, _ = mavlink:receive_chan() if (msg ~= nil) then local parsed_msg = mavlink_msgs.decode(msg, msg_map) if (parsed_msg ~= nil) then if parsed_msg.msgid == GLOBAL_POSITION_INT_ID then if handle_global_position_int(parsed_msg) then payload_update_received = true end end end end until msg == nil -- warn user on loss of recovery of telemetry from payload local payload_timeout = millis() - payload_loc_update_ms > PAYLOAD_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_MS if payload_timeout ~= payload_update_timeout_prev then if payload_timeout then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.WARNING, string.format("%s payload updates lost", TEXT_PREFIX_STR)) else gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("%s payload updates received", TEXT_PREFIX_STR)) end end payload_update_timeout_prev = payload_timeout if payload_update_received then -- calculate position difference vs vehicle payload_dist_NED = curr_loc:get_distance_NED(payload_loc) -- estimate the payload's resting position offset based on its current offset and velocity -- relies on payload_dist_NED and payload_vel being updated update_payload_resting_offset() end -- check if we can control the vehicle -- vehicle must be in Auto mode executing a SCRIPT_TIME or PAYLOAD_PLACE command local send_velocity_offsets_prev = send_velocity_offsets local armed_and_flying = arming:is_armed() and vehicle:get_likely_flying() local takingoff_or_landing = vehicle:is_landing() or vehicle:is_taking_off() local auto_mode = (vehicle:get_mode() == COPTER_MODE_AUTO) local scripting_or_payloadplace = (mission:get_current_nav_id() == MAV_CMD_NAV_SCRIPT_TIME) or (mission:get_current_nav_id() == MAV_CMD_NAV_PAYLOAD_PLACE) send_velocity_offsets = armed_and_flying and not takingoff_or_landing and auto_mode and scripting_or_payloadplace and not payload_timeout -- alert user if we start or stop sending velocity offsets if (send_velocity_offsets and not send_velocity_offsets_prev) then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("%s activated", TEXT_PREFIX_STR)) end if (not send_velocity_offsets and send_velocity_offsets_prev) then gcs:send_text(MAV_SEVERITY.INFO, string.format("%s deactivated", TEXT_PREFIX_STR)) poscontrol:set_posvelaccel_offset(Vector3f(), Vector3f(), Vector3f()) end -- move vehicle to reduce payload oscillation if send_velocity_offsets then move_vehicle() -- check for unexpected control timeout -- reset vehicle offsets if not sent within last 3 seconds local now_ms = millis() local time_since_vel_offset_sent = now_ms - sent_velocity_offsets_ms local time_since_last_control_timeout = now_ms - control_timeout_ms if (time_since_vel_offset_sent > CONTROL_TIMEOUT_MS) and (time_since_last_control_timeout > CONTROL_TIMEOUT_MS) then poscontrol:set_posvelaccel_offset(Vector3f(), Vector3f(), Vector3f()) control_timeout_ms = now_ms print_warning("control timeout, clearing offsets") end end return update, UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS end return update()