Open Space Planner Profiling Service¶

Overview¶

Open Space Profiling Service is a cloud based service to evaluate the open space planner trajectories from road test or simulation records.

Prerequisites¶

Apollo 6.0 or higher version.
Baidu Cloud BOS service registered according to document
Fuel service account on Apollo Dreamland

Main Steps¶

Data collection
Job submission
Results analysis

Data Collection¶

Data Recording¶

Finish one autonomous driving scenario with open space planner, e.g. Valet Parking, PullOver, Park and Go.

Data Sanity Check¶

Make sure the following channels are included in records before submitting them to cloud service：

Modules	channel	items
Canbus	`/apollo/canbus/chassis`	exits without error message
Control	`/apollo/control`	exits without error message
Planning	`/apollo/planning`	-
Localization	`/apollo/localization/pose`	-
GPS	`apollo/sensor/gnss/best_pose`	`sol_type` to `NARROW_INT`

You can check with cyber_recorder：

    cyber_recorder info xxxxxx.record.xxxxx

Job Submission¶

Upload data to BOS¶

Here is the folder structure requirements for job submission:

A cyber record file containing the execution of open space planner scenario.
A configuration file vehicle_param.pb.txt; there is a sample file under apollo/modules/common/data/vehicle_param.pb.txt.

Submit job in Dreamland¶

Go to Apollo Dreamland, login with Baidu account, choose Apollo Fuel --> Jobs，New Job, Open Space Planner Profiling，and input the correct BOS path as in Upload data to BOS section：

profiling_submit_task1

Results Analysis¶

After job is done, you should be expecting one email per job including Grading results and Visualization results.