diff --git a/params/costmap/common_params.yaml b/params/costmap/common_params.yaml
index fb6597964471e9b1b5fbc99491b3221371051e30..73c725c3d20fc075dcfbde12c5c24ea115f45b76 100644
--- a/params/costmap/common_params.yaml
+++ b/params/costmap/common_params.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # footprint parameters
-footprint: [[0.35, 0.35], [0.35, -0.35], [-0.35,-0.35 ], [-0.35, 0.35]]
+footprint: [[0.3,0.25],[0.3,-0.25],[-0.3,-0.25],[-0.3,0.25]]
 #robot_radius: 0.35
 footprint_padding: 0.01
 footprint_topic: /helena/move_base/local_costmap/footprint
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ obstacle_layer:
 inflation_layer:
   enabled: true
   inflate_unknown: false
-  cost_scaling_factor:  0.5
-  inflation_radius:     1.0
+  cost_scaling_factor:  2.0
+  inflation_radius:     1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/params/costmap/local_params.yaml b/params/costmap/local_params.yaml
index fdfa46f4e568ef1fd256d433429213d600ce2a28..a6f1022fde2c6bf2bd0d4adcda40e34331bc453c 100644
--- a/params/costmap/local_params.yaml
+++ b/params/costmap/local_params.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ publish_frequency: 2.0
 rolling_window: true
 width: 10.0
 height: 10.0
-resolution: 0.1
+resolution: 0.05
 origin_x: 0.0
 origin_y: 0.0
 
 #costmap plugins
 plugins:
-  - {name: obstacle_layer,  type: "costmap_2d::VoxelLayer"}
+  - {name: obstacle_layer,  type: "costmap_2d::ObstacleLayer"}
   - {name: inflation_layer, type: "costmap_2d::InflationLayer"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/params/costmap/no_map/global_params.yaml b/params/costmap/no_map/global_params.yaml
index c78ea0f9fa605b94d20b62702f9528cc38147466..f85664cbbfe472799aac674fa78325e6d96a59e0 100644
--- a/params/costmap/no_map/global_params.yaml
+++ b/params/costmap/no_map/global_params.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ update_frequency: 1.0
 publish_frequency: 0.0
 rolling_window: true
 transform_tolerance: 1.0
-width: 20.0
-height: 20.0
-resolution: 0.2
+width: 30.0
+height: 30.0
+resolution: 0.1
 origin_x: 0.0
 origin_y: 0.0
 
diff --git a/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml b/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml
index a13f9db6c72757bb3fe13342da73db244d755a8a..d6e7bb71e11320c65a66559b2745d42e90a27c49 100644
--- a/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml
+++ b/params/local_planner/dwa_params.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DWAPlannerROS:
   max_vel_y: 0.0 
   min_vel_y: 0.0 
   max_rot_vel: 2.0
-  min_rot_vel: -2.0 
+  min_rot_vel: 0.2 
   acc_lim_theta: 5.0
   acc_lim_x: 1.0
   acc_lim_y: 0.0 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DWAPlannerROS:
 # Trajectory scoring parameters
   path_distance_bias: 32.0
   goal_distance_bias: 24.0
-  occdist_scale: 0.01
+  occdist_scale: 0.02 #0.01
   twirling_scale: 0.0
   stop_time_buffer: 0.2
   forward_point_distance: 0.325
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ DWAPlannerROS:
 
   #not in dynamic reconfigure
   publish_traj_pc: false
-  #global_frame_id: /robot/base_footprint
+  global_frame_id: /helena/odom
   publish_cost_grid_pc: false
diff --git a/rviz/helena.rviz b/rviz/helena.rviz
index b167134cee29696cbb3f8de8a9a53cc8d9f35087..f1916e84464f81a35fdf5542d430e001c6f55c46 100644
--- a/rviz/helena.rviz
+++ b/rviz/helena.rviz
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Panels:
         - /Nav1/DWA_local_planner1
         - /Nav1/GlobalPlanner1
       Splitter Ratio: 0.5
-    Tree Height: 633
+    Tree Height: 700
   - Class: rviz/Selection
     Name: Selection
   - Class: rviz/Tool Properties
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Panels:
     Name: Time
     SyncMode: 0
     SyncSource: FrontLaserScan
+Toolbars:
+  toolButtonStyle: 2
 Visualization Manager:
   Class: ""
   Displays:
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ Visualization Manager:
           Unreliable: false
           Use Timestamp: false
           Value: true
-        - Alpha: 0.699999988
+        - Alpha: 0.100000001
           Class: rviz/Map
           Color Scheme: costmap
           Draw Behind: true
@@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ Visualization Manager:
               Topic: /helena/move_base/DWAPlannerROS/global_plan
               Unreliable: false
               Value: true
-            - Alpha: 1
+            - Alpha: 0.5
               Autocompute Intensity Bounds: true
               Autocompute Value Bounds:
                 Max Value: 10
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@ Visualization Manager:
               Enabled: false
               Invert Rainbow: false
               Max Color: 255; 255; 255
-              Max Intensity: 622.77002
+              Max Intensity: 591.200012
               Min Color: 0; 0; 0
               Min Intensity: 0
               Name: CostPointCloud2
@@ -575,8 +577,8 @@ Visualization Manager:
               Queue Size: 10
               Selectable: true
               Size (Pixels): 10
-              Size (m): 0.100000001
-              Style: Points
+              Size (m): 0.0399999991
+              Style: Boxes
               Topic: /helena/move_base/DWAPlannerROS/cost_cloud
               Unreliable: false
               Use Fixed Frame: true
@@ -678,7 +680,7 @@ Visualization Manager:
   Views:
     Current:
       Class: rviz/Orbit
-      Distance: 19.7382278
+      Distance: 43.6349297
       Enable Stereo Rendering:
         Stereo Eye Separation: 0.0599999987
         Stereo Focal Distance: 1
@@ -693,18 +695,18 @@ Visualization Manager:
       Invert Z Axis: false
       Name: Current View
       Near Clip Distance: 0.00999999978
-      Pitch: 0.785398185
+      Pitch: 1.45539761
       Target Frame: <Fixed Frame>
       Value: Orbit (rviz)
-      Yaw: 0.785398185
+      Yaw: 1.61539745
     Saved: ~
 Window Geometry:
   Displays:
     collapsed: false
-  Height: 846
+  Height: 913
   Hide Left Dock: false
   Hide Right Dock: false
-  QMainWindow State: 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
+  QMainWindow State: 000000ff00000000fd00000004000000000000016a0000034bfc0200000008fb0000001200530065006c0065006300740069006f006e00000001e10000009b0000006100fffffffb0000001e0054006f006f006c002000500072006f007000650072007400690065007302000001ed000001df00000185000000a3fb000000120056006900650077007300200054006f006f02000001df000002110000018500000122fb000000200054006f006f006c002000500072006f0070006500720074006900650073003203000002880000011d000002210000017afb000000100044006900730070006c00610079007301000000280000034b000000d700fffffffb0000002000730065006c0065006300740069006f006e00200062007500660066006500720200000138000000aa0000023a00000294fb00000014005700690064006500530074006500720065006f02000000e6000000d2000003ee0000030bfb0000000c004b0069006e0065006300740200000186000001060000030c00000261000000010000010f0000034bfc0200000003fb0000001e0054006f006f006c002000500072006f00700065007200740069006500730100000041000000780000000000000000fb0000000a0056006900650077007300000000280000034b000000ad00fffffffb0000001200530065006c0065006300740069006f006e010000025a000000b200000000000000000000000200000490000000a9fc0100000001fb0000000a00560069006500770073030000004e00000080000002e10000019700000003000004b00000003efc0100000002fb0000000800540069006d00650000000000000004b00000030000fffffffb0000000800540069006d00650100000000000004500000000000000000000004ed0000034b00000004000000040000000800000008fc0000000100000002000000010000000a0054006f006f006c00730100000000ffffffff0000000000000000
   Selection:
     collapsed: false
   Time:
@@ -713,6 +715,6 @@ Window Geometry:
     collapsed: false
   Views:
     collapsed: false
-  Width: 1200
+  Width: 1629
   X: 75
   Y: 34