After seeing how much fun you guys are having with your ArduRovers, I've decided to start a build of my own. I currently have the following equipment on order to be put into a Traxxas E-Maxx non brushless model.
APM 2.5
3DR GPS uBlox LEA-6
3DR Radio T
Read more…Welcome to my build thread. This is my first attempt at building a ardurover based on APM 2.5. The RC platform I am building on is an Axial SCX10 rc crawler (2012 Jeep Rubicon). The end goal I am aiming for is large obstacle avoidance. Where this
Read more…I'm looking for a way to pause my rover (and boat) at a waypoint for a predetermined amount of time. Basically it would just need to set throttle to 0 for xx seconds and then continue mission when this is done. I tried condition_delay but had no suc
Read more…Okay, so as I was trying to figure out what was wrong with my throttle, I swapped the radio system out to the stock Traxxas receiver. I use a 4 channel remote from a Summit and modified the thumb switch to 3 positions so I could use a ground radio to
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I have Traxxas Slash 4x4 R/C system and an APM2 coupled to a FrSky DJT receiver and a 9XR transmitter also a Sharp sonar. My APM2 modes are Auto, Steering, Learning, Learning, Manual, Manual. All my modes except steering work fine. When I sel
Read more…I just loaded up 2.4 in my APM 2.5+ and went through the calibration process and set the throttle parameters and am experiencing unexpected behavior for the throttle. When in manual mode, steering works as expected, albeit courser resolution, but thr
Read more…I have just release APMrover2 2.40 for your rovering pleasure!
First off, I'd like to give a big thank you to Tom, Linus, Greg and Steve for their help with this release. It has been a long time coming, and their help was invaluable!
Secondly, you shou
Read more…Anyone using the ground station?
It looks like it will work with Xbee, or the 3DRadio I just bought, but I'd need another air radio, not a USB ground module.
Not sure how useful it would be with a rover. I'd try the code now if I could find one of my
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It has been a long time coming, but we are finally ready to do a new release of the APMrover2 firmware. The new release will be called 2.40, and is available now as a beta release.
Before I go into the new features, I'd like to offer a big thank you t
Read more…Here is a video of how the ardurover is acting when I try to get it to work in just manual mode. I am still running version 2.20b however. Just have been having difficulties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L04GsmvSJK4&feature=youtu.be
Read more…I messaged Greg yesterday asking him some questions about his large tank drone and he was kind enough to answer in some detail. He does have a discussion at this link regarding his questions on APM. I don't want to distract from that so as he suggest
Read more…Hi all, I am completely new to RC cars and Drones. I have spent a couple hours reading about ArduRover and would really like to give it a try. I thought about building my own but figure for now best to get a car and focus on getting ArduRover working
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I'm brand new to the forums and to drones in general. I've done lots of reading, but no actual building yet. I'd like to experiment with ArduRover with a goal being entrance into the Sparkfun AVC (I work in Boulder, so I'm close and I wen
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Thought that I would start this discussion concerning preparations for the Sparkfun 2013 AVC so that we can archive our efforts for this year and provide guidance for next years competition.
Read more…Just trying to get my AGV going and my first attempt went like this, when i put it in auto mode it does half circles towards the first nav point that is close to the tree to the left. It verly give it power to move but at the end of the video you can
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My goal with my rover setup is to allow for short term dead reckoning in the event of loss of gps or a weak gps signal. The plan is the rover would automatically switch over to a dead reckoning system, until gps signal is strong enough to
Read more…I am starting to get my ArduRover configured and am having some trouble with getting basic functionality from my radio to my steering servo. I have APM2.5+ and have loaded ArduRover2.20B via Mission Planner (version 1.2.35 mav 1.0). I am trying out
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For a senior project at my university, I have been tasked with designing and building an autonomous firefighting robot. Our sponsors (unnamed company) have specified we are to use the APM 2.5+ in our design, but we are free to use it however we
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First public pictures of my 6x6 test bed. I am using a modified Wild Thumper chassis with an Arduino mega + motor shield driving the 6 motors. APM2.5 + LEO6H + 2.30(?) + MP 1.2.30 + 3DR wireless link. I also have Wixel wireless link to the Ard
Read more…I'm very new at this, I was wanting to make a unmanned ardurover which I could set up to controll lawn mover, I wasn't sure what kind of programs that I would need for this, if I should get a eletric or gas motor. How many cc's should the motor be.A
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