Modifiy footprint area during navigation

Hello,
I am simulating an amr that moves inside an environment. The robot trasports an object O from A to B. When the robot meets O get linked with O and should increase its footprint. Is there a way to enlarge the footprint after the rendezvous?
Thanks
Salvatore

Hi, according to Steve Macenski, you can change the footprint by publishing directly to the topics:

/local_costmap/published_footprint
/global_costmap/published_footprint

Whatever you publish there will be used by the costmaps to navigate.

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Hello roadgoal,
thank you for your reply.
Salvatore