Please watch my video where I describe the dream and how the 3DR drones were being used for agricultural applications. Also I'd love to know if you think that the dream that I had is actually a feasible goal for 3D Robotics and the Unmanned Agricultural Vehicles Market. I personally think its a reachable/attainable goal for 3DR, Market, and the FAA!
Thanks for the Feedback,
Take it easy Diy Drones,
Joshua Johnson - Diy Drones News - MUAVA CEO
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@ Gary,
I bought this Traxxas E Revo RC Car to turn into a rover, It's great at off road, it's fast, practically water proof, extremely durable and well built. Check it out!
Wilco, will start a new thread.
@Gary,
Sounds good to me. Do you want to start a new discussion and make the rover T3 standalone?
I think that we should have classes for both gas/nitro and electric and have scale sizes from 1/16 up through 1/5.
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
Well lets make it so! I think four laps might be best, a round mile or about 1600m.
@Gary,
Yes, a 1/4 mile athletic track would provide a standardized T3 course and is do able.
@JJ,
Sorry about hijacking your blog post.
@Gary,
Maybe it might be wise to start a separate discussion concerning a T3 style rover competition before this off topic discussion gets carried away.:-)
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
Perhaps if there are standard sports tracks at schools we could have timed races around say the 1/4 mile track. Put it in the T3 make it trust based you have to be honest with times etc. Not an offroad track I know but a measure.
@Gary,
An electric rover that could go 100 miles on asphalt roads is do able, but it would be very big (and expensive) in relation to the electric rovers, like my 1/10 scale Slash, that participate in the Sparkfun AVC.
A nitro or gas powered rover would be more feasible and somewhat smaller than an electric rover with the same range capability. The number of batteries (weight/size) necessary to go the longer distance is what makes the electric rovers bigger in relation to the gas/nitro versions.
I would like to see 3DR conduct a mini DARPA Grand Challenge in California that would go over both dirt and asphalt courses and employ courses of varying lengths so that competitors could build rovers to suit the course length they would compete over.
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
What about on tarred roads, could a hobby rover make 100 miles? (In bits obviously) they have such an advantage over aircraft as I assume they can carry weight. What would be a good frame to start with? I have been resisting traditional helicopters but don't think I can resist rovers.
@Gary,
There was a distance challenge for rovers, it is called the DARPA Grand Challenge and it was 150 miles long in the California Desert. Only corporations and universities entered.
However, I would like to see an autonomous rover distance challenge that would run over a hilly, packed dirt course of from 1 to 2 miles. My Traxxas E-Maxx Crusher has been specifically designed for that kind of course.
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
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