PX4-Autopilot/msg/follow_target_estimator.msg
Alessandro Simovic de1fa11e96 New follow-me flight task
rename follow_me_status to follow_target_status

enable follow_target_estimator on skynode

implement the responsiveness parameter:
The responsiveness parameter should behave similarly to the previous
follow-me implementation in navigator. The difference here is that
there are now two separate gains for position and velocity fusion.
The previous implemenation in navigator had no velocity fusion.

Allow follow-me to be flown without RC

SITL tests for follow-me flight task

This includes:
- Testing the setting for the follow-me angle
- Testing that streaming position only or position
  and velocity measurements both work
- Testing that RC override works

Most of these tests are done with a simulated model
of a point object that moves on a straight line. So
nothing too spectacular. But it makes the test checks
much easier.

Since the estimator for the target actually checks new
measurements and compares them to old ones, I also added
random gausian noise to the measurements with a fixed seed
for deterministic randomness. So repeated runs produce
exactly the same results over and over.

Half of the angles are still missing in MAVSDK. Need to create
an upstream PR to add center left/right and rear left/right options.
These and the corresponding SITL tests need to be implemented
later.

sitl: Increase position tolerance during follow-me

Astro seems to barely exceed the current tolerance (4.3 !< 4.0)
causing CI to fail. The point of the CI test is not to check
the accuracy of the flight behaviour, but only the fact that the
drone is doing the expected thing. So the exact value of this
tolerance is not really important.

follow-me: gimbal control in follow-me

follow-me: create sub-routines in flight task class

follow-me: use ground-dist for emergency ascent

dist_bottom is only defined when a ground facing distance sensor exist.
It's therefore better to use dist_ground instead, which has the distance
to the home altitude if no distance sensor is available.

As a consequence it will only be possible to use follow-me in a valley
when the drone has a distance sensor.

follow-me: point gimbal to the ground in 2D mode

follow-me: another fuzzy msg handling for the estimator

follow-me: bugfix in acceleration saturation limit

follow-me: parameter for filter delay compensation

mantis: dont use flow for terrain estimation

follow-me: default responsiveness 0.5 -> 0.1

0.5 is way too jerky in real and simulated tests.

flight_task: clarify comments for bottom distance

follow-me: minor comment improvement

follow-me: [debug] log emergency_ascent

follow-me: [debug] log gimbal pitch

follow-me: [debug] status values for follow-me estimator

follow-me: setting for gimbal tracking mode

follow-me: release gimbal control at destruction

mavsdk: cosmetics 💄
2022-06-16 16:14:57 -04:00

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uint64 timestamp # time since system start (microseconds)
uint64 last_filter_reset_timestamp # time of last filter reset (microseconds)
bool valid # True if estimator states are okay to be used
bool stale # True if estimator stopped receiving follow_target messages for some time. The estimate can still be valid, though it might be inaccurate.
float64 lat_est # Estimated target latitude
float64 lon_est # Estimated target longitude
float32 alt_est # Estimated target altitude
float32[3] pos_est # Estimated target NED position (m)
float32[3] vel_est # Estimated target NED velocity (m/s)
float32[3] acc_est # Estimated target NED acceleration (m^2/s)
uint64 prediction_count
uint64 fusion_count