Question: Model parameters

[bbrito]

Dear pedsim_ros team,

Thanks for this amazing simulator. Which parameters should I change in order to ensure that the pedestrians keep a larger distance among each other?

Best,
Bruno

[makokal]

The separation distance is computed based on the forces acting on the agents. We do not have this nicely parametrized right now but it is possible to make it so. A starting point is the move method here https://github.com/srl-freiburg/pedsim_ros/blob/master/pedsim_simulator/src/element/agent.cpp#L179

The forces are weighted by the values here https://github.com/srl-freiburg/pedsim_ros/blob/master/pedsim_simulator/src/config.cpp#L37

You can tweak these to get to what you need.
If you have some spare cycles, it would be nice to add these to YAML for easy config updates

[bbrito]

Nice! Thanks! I can do that. I will submit a pull request later.

Best,
Bruno