sl-controls 432d5cb267 feat: person-following control loop (Phase 2b)
Adds saltybot_follower ROS2 package — proportional person-following
controller that bridges sl-jetson's /person/target detections to Nav2
/cmd_vel, with the cmd_vel_bridge_node (PR #46) providing safety wrapping.

Controller features:
  - Proportional control: linear.x ∝ distance error, angular.z ∝ bearing
  - Follow distance: 1.5m default with ±0.3m dead zone (no jitter at target)
  - Max speed: 0.5 m/s linear, 1.0 rad/s angular (conservative for balance)
  - Obstacle override: zeroes forward cmd_vel when Nav2 local costmap
    detects obstacle in forward corridor; turning still allowed
  - Lost-target state machine:
      FOLLOWING  → person visible
      STOPPING   → lost > 2s, publish zero
      SEARCHING  → lost > 5s, slow rotation (0.3 rad/s) to re-acquire
  - Mode integration: follow_enabled param (toggle via ros2 param set)
    independently gates the controller; cmd_vel bridge gates on md=2

Deliverables:
  saltybot_follower/person_follower_node.py   — ROS2 node (314 lines)
  config/person_follower_params.yaml          — all params documented
  launch/person_follower.launch.py            — all params as launch args
  test/test_person_follower.py                — 53 pytest tests, no ROS2
  package.xml / setup.py / setup.cfg          — package metadata

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-28 23:22:49 -05:00

28 lines
878 B
Python

from setuptools import setup
package_name = "saltybot_follower"
setup(
name=package_name,
version="0.1.0",
packages=[package_name],
data_files=[
("share/ament_index/resource_index/packages", [f"resource/{package_name}"]),
(f"share/{package_name}", ["package.xml"]),
(f"share/{package_name}/launch", ["launch/person_follower.launch.py"]),
(f"share/{package_name}/config", ["config/person_follower_params.yaml"]),
],
install_requires=["setuptools"],
zip_safe=True,
maintainer="sl-controls",
maintainer_email="sl-controls@saltylab.local",
description="Proportional person-following controller for saltybot",
license="MIT",
tests_require=["pytest"],
entry_points={
"console_scripts": [
"person_follower_node = saltybot_follower.person_follower_node:main",
],
},
)