The base abstract class for khepera sensors. More...

Inheritance diagram for KheperaSensor:

Public Member Functions
	KheperaSensor (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Constructor.
virtual	~KheperaSensor ()
	Destructor.
virtual void	save (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Saves the parameters of the sensor into the ConfigurationParameters object.
Public Member Functions inherited from Sensor
	Sensor (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Constructor and Configure.
	~Sensor ()
	Destructor.
QString	name ()
	Return the name of the Sensor.
void	setName (QString name)
	Use this method for changing the name of the Sensor.
virtual int	size ()=0
	Return the number of neurons on which the Sensor will set the input.
virtual void	update ()=0
	Update the state of the Sensor every time step; the actual behaviour is implemented in subclasses.
Public Member Functions inherited from NoisyDevice
	NoisyDevice (ConfigurationParameters &params, QString prefix)
	Constructor and Configure.
	~NoisyDevice ()
	Destructor.
Public Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
	ParameterSettableInConstructor (ConfigurationParameters &, QString)
void	addObserver (RuntimeParameterObserver *obs)
T	getRuntimeParameter (QString paramName)
virtual ParameterSettableUI *	getUIManager ()
	ParameterSettable ()
virtual void	postConfigureInitialization ()
void	removeObserver (RuntimeParameterObserver *obs)
void	setRuntimeParameter (QString paramName, T newvalue)
QString	typeName () const
Public Member Functions inherited from ConcurrentResourcesUser
void	addUsableResource (QString resource)
void	addUsableResources (QStringList resources)
void	declareResource (QString name, T *resource, QString lockBuddy="")
void	deleteResource (QString name)
T *	getResource (QString name, bool *resourceExists=NULL)
bool	hasResource (QString name) const
void	removeAllUsableResources ()
void	removeUsableResource (QString resource)
void	removeUsableResources (QStringList resources)
virtual void	shareResourcesWith (ResourcesUser *buddy)
void	usableResources (QStringList resources)
bool	usedResourcesExist (QStringList *nonExistingResources=NULL) const

Static Public Member Functions
static void	describe (QString type)
	Describes all the parameters for this sensor.

Protected Member Functions
virtual void	resourceChanged (QString resourceName, ResourceChangeType changeType)
	The function called when a resource used here is changed.
Protected Member Functions inherited from Sensor
QString	actualResourceNameForMultirobot (QString resourceName) const
	Returns the actual resource name to use.
void	checkAllNeededResourcesExist ()
	Checks whether all resources we need are existing and throws an exception if they aren't.
void	resetNeededResourcesCheck ()
	Resets the check on needed resources so that the next call to checkAllNeededResourcesExist() will perform the full check and not the quick one.
Protected Member Functions inherited from NoisyDevice
double	applyNoise (double v, double minValue, double maxValue) const
	Adds noise to the value.
Protected Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
void	notifyChangesToParam (QString paramName)
Protected Member Functions inherited from ConcurrentResourcesUser
T *	getResource ()
virtual void	notifyResourceChange (ResourceHandler *resource, ResourceChangeType changeType)=0
ResourcesUser &	operator= (const ResourcesUser &other)
	ResourcesUser ()
	ResourcesUser (const ResourcesUser &other)

Protected Attributes
QString	m_kheperaResource
	The name of the resource associated with the e-puck robot.
QString	m_neuronsIteratorResource
	The name of th resource associated with the neural network iterator.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
enum	Property
Public Types inherited from ConcurrentResourcesUser
typedef Resource::ResourceChangeType	ResourceChangeType
Public Attributes inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
	AllowMultiple
	Default
	IsList
	IsMandatory
Static Public Attributes inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
static const double	Infinity
static const int	MaxInteger
static const int	MinInteger
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from ParameterSettableInConstructor
static Descriptor	addTypeDescription (QString type, QString shortHelp, QString longHelp=QString(""))
static void	setGraphicalEditor (QString type)

Detailed Description

The base abstract class for khepera sensors.

This class simply has a couple of parameters that are common to all khepera sensors (see below). Some of the sensors work directly with Worldsim objects, while others need an instance of the Arena to work. Those that do not need an Arena generally also work with objects created using the Arena object, but in most of the cases are slower. See the description of individual sensors for more information about what each sensor needs.

In addition to all parameters defined by the parent class (Sensor), this class also defines the following parameters:

khepera: the name of the resource associated with the khepera robot to use (default is "robot")
neuronsIterator: the name of the resource associated with the neural network iterator (default is "neuronsIterator")

The resources required by this Sensor are:

name defined by the khepera parameter: the simulated physical khepera robot
name defined by the neuronsIterator parameter: the object to iterate over neurons of the neural network

Definition at line 58 of file kheperasensors.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KheperaSensor	(	ConfigurationParameters &	params,
		QString	prefix
	)

Constructor.

This also reads configuration parameters. Moreover this adds the khepera and neuronsIterator resources to the list of resources used here

Parameters

params	the ConfigurationParameters containing the parameters for the sensor
prefix	the path prefix to the paramters for this sensor

Definition at line 34 of file kheperasensors.cpp.

References Sensor::actualResourceNameForMultirobot(), ConfigurationHelper::getString(), KheperaSensor::m_kheperaResource, KheperaSensor::m_neuronsIteratorResource, and ConcurrentResourcesUser::usableResources().

~KheperaSensor ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 47 of file kheperasensors.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

void describe ( QString type )

static

Describes all the parameters for this sensor.

Parameters

type	the name with which this sensor is registered into the factory

Reimplemented from Sensor.

Reimplemented in KheperaWheelSpeedsSensor, KheperaGroundSensor, KheperaSampledLightSensor, KheperaSampledProximityIRSensor, and KheperaProximityIRSensor.

Definition at line 63 of file kheperasensors.cpp.

References ParameterSettableInConstructor::addTypeDescription(), ParameterSettable::StringDescriptor::def(), ParameterSettable::Descriptor::describeString(), and ParameterSettable::StringDescriptor::help().

void resourceChanged	(	QString	resourceName,
		ResourceChangeType	changeType
	)

protectedvirtual

The function called when a resource used here is changed.

Parameters

resourceName	the name of the resource that has changed.
chageType	the type of change the resource has gone through (whether it was created, modified or deleted)

Reimplemented from ConcurrentResourcesUser.

Definition at line 74 of file kheperasensors.cpp.

References Sensor::resetNeededResourcesCheck().