July 22
- different metrics can be used to compare data.
- There are two types of metrics
- Subjective metrics: These task-oriented metrics quantify the efficiency of the robot while performing the given task
- Objective metrics: These metrics aim to reflect more intangible human factors, such as comfort.
- for now we will consider only Subjective metrics, and in that we use:
- Path length: distance traveled from the start to the goal location.
- Path smoothness: smoothness of a trajectory. Computed as the sum of heading changes in subsequent steps along the path.
Task for tomorrow:
- implementing metrics