Person Following

Have the robot follow a person autonomously.

Person following lets the robot pick out a person and keep pace with them as they move — the basis for guide, companion, and "follow me" behaviors. It ties perception (detecting and tracking the person) to navigation: the robot keeps a following distance and uses the same obstacle avoidance as everything else, so it follows safely rather than blindly.

This runs as part of the managed OM1 autonomy stack. You enable it and tune its behavior — things like follow distance and how a target is chosen — through the OpenMind portal rather than the robot's local API. How well it tracks depends on the platform's sensors and the lighting, and availability depends on your plan.

To turn it on for a deployment, talk to your OpenMind contact. Related: Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance.