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

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
<package format="3">
<name>saltybot_follower</name>
<version>0.1.0</version>
<description>
Proportional person-following control loop for saltybot.
Subscribes to /person/target (PoseStamped in base_link frame) and publishes
/cmd_vel with velocity limits, dead zone, obstacle avoidance, and lost-target
state machine (stop → search). Requires cmd_vel_bridge_node for safety wrapping.
</description>
<maintainer email="sl-controls@saltylab.local">sl-controls</maintainer>
<license>MIT</license>
<depend>rclpy</depend>
<depend>geometry_msgs</depend>
<depend>nav_msgs</depend>
<depend>std_msgs</depend>
<buildtool_depend>ament_python</buildtool_depend>
<test_depend>ament_copyright</test_depend>
<test_depend>ament_flake8</test_depend>
<test_depend>ament_pep257</test_depend>
<test_depend>python3-pytest</test_depend>
<export>
<build_type>ament_python</build_type>
</export>
</package>