v1.0.2

Release Notes - v1.0.2 (08/17/2024)

Documentation

• Added ICRA paper link and updated the citation in README.md.

v1.0.1

Release Notes - v1.0.1 (05/03/2024)

Improvements

• Removed irrelevant files.

src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/datasets/planning_problem_utils.py
src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/datasets/planning_problem_utils_2d.py
src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/datasets/point_cloud_mask_utils.py
src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/datasets/rectangle_env_2d.py
src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/datasets/rectangle_point_cloud_2d.py
src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/path_planning_classes/nirrt_star_png_c_2d.py
src/png_navigation/src/png_navigation/path_planning_classes/rrt_env_v1.py

• Cleaned local_planner files.

src/png_navigation/scripts/local_planner_node.py
src/png_navigation/scripts_dynamic_obstacles/local_planner_node_check.py

Documentation

• Updated links for YouTube, and main GitHub repo.
• Updated How to Create Your Own Map Yaml File in README.md by adding the github repo ros_map_editor.
• Added Real World Deployment on TurtleBot 2i in README.md. Added the github repo CrowdNav_Sim2Real_Turtlebot.

v1.0.0 [ICRA 2024] PNGNav and png_navigation

Features

• Add ROS Noetic package png_navigation for TurtleBot Navigation.
• Add our path planning method NIRRT*-PNG (Neural Informed RRT* with Point-based Network Guidance) for TurtleBot Navigation. Include both versions with and without Neural Connect.
• Add path planning methods RRT*, Informed RRT*, Neural RRT* for TurtleBot Navigation.
• Add simulation demos with static obstacles, and with dynamic obstacles.
• Add instructions on map file customization and transfer to new mobile robots.
• Add the arXiv link to the ICRA 2024 paper.
  Full Changelog: https://github.com/tedhuang96/PNGNav/commits/v1.0.0