Fixes smac planner non-circular footprint search issue (backport #4851) #4852
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Resolves #4808 and #4314
The optimization was added to allow non-circular robots to use their full footprint costs in the traversibility function and heuristic function formulations. However, in confined settings, it doesn't work very well and its better to collision check using the full footprint but continue to use the center point costs for the traversal function / heuristic function formulations.
Metrics outlined in #4808 (comment) show that this not only fixes the issue but also doesn't impact speeds in open areas - but faster in confined areas due to the ambiguation of inscribed costs.
TODO
This is an automatic backport of pull request Fixes smac planner non-circular footprint search issue #4851 done by Mergify.