Backward docking without sensors

[ajtudela]

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Basic Info

Info	Please fill out this column
Ticket(s) this addresses	#4403, #68 and PR4749
Primary OS tested on	Ubuntu 24.04
Robotic platform tested on	Morphia robot
Does this PR contain AI generated software?	No

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Description of contribution in a few bullet points

• Enhanced the docking server to allow backward docking without continuous pose refinement, using only the initially detected docking pose.
• Added a parameter backward_blind to the SimpleChargingDock and SimpleNonChargingDock.

Description of documentation updates required from your changes

Description of how this change was tested

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Future work that may be required in bullet points

For Maintainers:

• Check that any new parameters added are updated in docs.nav2.org
• Check that any significant change is added to the migration guide
• Check that any new features OR changes to existing behaviors are reflected in the tuning guide
• Check that any new functions have Doxygen added
• Check that any new features have test coverage
• Check that any new plugins is added to the plugins page
• If BT Node, Additionally: add to BT's XML index of nodes for groot, BT package's readme table, and BT library lists

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 98.66667% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
...av2_docking/opennav_docking/src/docking_server.cpp	97.50%	1 Missing ⚠️

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
...docking/include/opennav_docking/docking_server.hpp	100.00% <ø> (ø)
nav2_docking/opennav_docking/src/controller.cpp	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)
...cking/opennav_docking/src/simple_charging_dock.cpp	98.19% <100.00%> (+0.05%)	⬆️
...g/opennav_docking/src/simple_non_charging_dock.cpp	97.98% <100.00%> (+0.06%)	⬆️
...ore/include/opennav_docking_core/charging_dock.hpp	80.00% <100.00%> (+5.00%)	⬆️
...av2_docking/opennav_docking/src/docking_server.cpp	90.58% <97.50%> (+0.60%)	⬆️

... and 3 files with indirect coverage changes

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[SteveMacenski]

Doc update in the readme to mention we can do this + in the migration guide + in the configuration guide PR is important to make it clear this is now possible

[SteveMacenski]

Last minor change and we can merge!