AUTONOMOUS-UAV: SIM-FIRST ROS 2 AUTONOMY STACK FOR INDOOR PERSON-FOLLOWING DRONE

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This open-source repository provides a simulation-first ROS 2 autonomy stack for an indoor person-following drone, utilizing Gazebo simulation and an ArduPilot Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) digital twin before physical deployment. The architecture integrates vision-based perception models for person detection with flight-control pipelines to handle autonomous tracking and indoor navigation. This project offers a clear reference implementation for designing, simulating, and validating vision-in-the-loop flight control workflows before testing on physical airframe hardware.