- the purpose is to ensure that every WorkItem (and WorkItems scheduled
by WorkItems) is allowed to run to completion every step
- per workqueue register a lockstep component whenever a work item is
added (if not already registered)
- once the work queue is empty unregister component
- depending on the particular sensor configuration and startup timing we were getting an initial sensor_selection publication without valid accel & gyro device ids (only applies to Multi-EKF)
- fix faulty accel and gyro device ids
- initialize unused test ratio fields to NAN for logging clarity
- saves a small amount of work for the ekf2 selector in multi-EKF mode (visual_odometry_aligned now ignored)
- helps to distinguish the origin/purpose from vehicle_odometry and vehicle_visual_odometry
- ekf2 can now run in multi-instance mode (currently up to 9 instances)
- in multi mode all estimates are published to alternate topics (eg estimator_attitude instead of vehicle_attitude)
- new ekf2 selector runs in multi-instance mode to monitor and compare all instances, selecting a primary (eg N x estimator_attitude => vehicle_attitude)
- sensors module accel & gyro inconsistency checks are now relative to the mean of all instances, rather than the current primary (when active ekf2 selector is responsible for choosing primary accel & gyro)
- existing consumers of estimator_status must check estimator_selector_status to select current primary instance status
- ekf2 single instance mode is still fully supported and the default
Co-authored-by: Paul Riseborough <gncsolns@gmail.com>
