From a91b30ff68c4ad7fc777ae904b7801e536ab09b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nisarg Panchal <71684502+Nisarg236@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:34:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update ObstaclePlugin.cfg

---
 costmap_2d/cfg/ObstaclePlugin.cfg | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/costmap_2d/cfg/ObstaclePlugin.cfg b/costmap_2d/cfg/ObstaclePlugin.cfg
index dc844529e..815a5faaf 100755
--- a/costmap_2d/cfg/ObstaclePlugin.cfg
+++ b/costmap_2d/cfg/ObstaclePlugin.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gen = ParameterGenerator()
 
 gen.add("enabled", bool_t, 0, "Whether to apply this plugin or not", True)
 gen.add("footprint_clearing_enabled", bool_t, 0, "Whether to clear the robot's footprint of lethal obstacles", True)
-gen.add("footprint_clearing_padding", double_t, 0, "clear obstacles only in the new footprint that is scaled to a smaller size than the robot footprint.", 0.01, 0.0, 0.1)
+gen.add("footprint_clearing_padding", double_t, 0, "Clear obstacles only in the new footprint that is scaled to a smaller size than the robot footprint. The value of this parameter means how much to scale down the footprint in meters", 0.01, 0.0, 0.1)
 gen.add("max_obstacle_height", double_t, 0, "The maximum height of any obstacle to be inserted into the costmap in meters.", 2, 0, 50)
 gen.add("raytrace_outside_map", bool_t, 0, "Whether to raytrace when the sensor is outside the map", False)
 gen.add("cell_clearing_timeout", double_t, 0, "The time in seconds to clear out cell information in the costmap; if negative, never clear", -1, -1, 1000)