[ompl-users] Poor results with basic planning for autonomous car-like robot

[Henry T. <he...@ot...>]

Hi,

I'm getting very poor results while attempting to use OMPL for a basic
autonomous robot with car-like steering. I've installed and used the OMPL
app gui and set up a trivial scenario. Screenshots are linked to below. Is
there anything I can do to improve the quality of the plans? I was
expecting a plan with 2 or 3 turns but instead the robot seems to wander
around aimlessly until it hits the goal. I've also tried using all the
different planners available in the drop-down menu in the GUI with similar
results.

Screenshots here - https://imgur.com/a/KqglH

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!