Samuel Sadok ee75ebac8c
Adds Smart Return To Home capability by recording the flight path in a memory optimimized format. This means the UAV can return to home by using only known-good flight paths.
The flight graph is stored as a series of delta elements at 1m resolution and a list of nodes. Both lists share the same buffer. Each delta element takes up 2 bytes or sometimes 6 bytes if the delta is large. The path can consist of multiple disconnected segments, in which case the gaps are stored as delta elements with a jump-bit set.

Once in a while or when required the graph is consolidated, which means:
 - Points that lie roughly in a line are replaced by a single line
 - Points that lie close to previously recorded lines are pruned
 - For lines that pass close to each other a node element is created

Furthermore:
 - The graph is recorded at a higher precision closer to home
 - If the graph becomes full, the overall precision is reduced and the whole graph is re-consolidated
 - If the graph becomes full once more, all data is removed except for the shortest path home at that moment. One of these actions is repeated at each subsequent fill-up.

Path finding information is generated/refreshed on demand and stored in the nodes. During return-to-home, the best direction to home is continuously evaluated by using the information stored in the nodes.

The graph recording and path finding is implemented in navigator/tracker.cpp.
The graph based return-to-home is implemented in navigator/smart_rtl.cpp.
2020-10-04 12:16:45 -04:00
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