Tom and I have just released APMrover2 2.43 for your driving pleasure!
This is a major new release with a lot of improvements, especially in the area of more precise steering and navigation. Highlights include:
I finally took plunge and ordered some ardupilot hardware. I just checked my welcome mail and discovered that I have been checking out this site almost daily for 4 years. It sure has come a long way since then and im actually quite glad I waited unti
Read more…Does anyone know how the Ardupilot software, specifically the rover branch, handles loss of GPS or severely degraded signal quality?
Let's say you've instructed your rover to go from waypoint 1 to waypoint 2 and that course has it driving through a tu
hello , I have test APM-ROVER2.42 CODE in a tank ,set SKID_STEER_IN=0;SKID_STEER_OUT=1; The throttle control is correct , but direction control only one side , what's wrong ,can some one tell me what to do,thanks very much
Read more…Bear with me if this has been discussed. The forum search engine doesn't seem to work.
I've got a rover with the latest firmware, GPS, and a 3DR radio link. I'm able to connect to it fine and upload waypoints to it. I can see the live GPS track if
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Solar ArduRover
I'd like to introduce the Solar ArduRover, solar powered small drone.
The chassis is from offroad model LRP S10 Twister Buggy - 1/10 Electric 2WD.
The motor is LRP Vector K4 Brushless Motor - 17.5T.
Weight of the Rover without solar
Read more…The rover development team is delighted to announce the release of APMrover2 2.42!
This release contains numerous small improvements that have accumulated over the last couple of months. Many of the improvements came out of the period of intensive dev
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Testing the failsafe setup of latest beta Ardurover firmware, the following parameter remains without effect, and failsafe triggers whatever its value 0 or 1. I would like to deactivate a failsafe on telemetry loss but impossible, it's l
Read more…Hello,I have a strange stuff going on: i have a new APM 2.5 board. I want to configure it with ardurover firmware. I plug the usb cable, i open the latest mission planner and i load the ardurover firmware. So far, so good.After that mission planner s
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Trying to configure my new built up ardurover and being noob on that topic, I cannot find the parameter in advanced param lilst to configure the low battery failsafe.
Also I'm using a 2S battery and the mission planner thinks the failsafe
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I have what is probably a dumb question but am hoping soemone can help or point me in the right direction... but I just built a boat using APM 2.5, 915mhz 3DR radio. It's working great, I can get it to following waypoints etc - but I am having
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MP 1.2.53
APM2.5
Ardurover 2.41 AR2
After a few weeks trial and error and many, many hours trawling through blogs, forums and discussions, I am on the verge of my first autonomous rover mission. Flight Modes are set up with correct PWMs, Manual and L
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I am attempting to use ArduRover to control a vehicle I have made using a 2x60 motor controller.
I am using the Sabertooth in RC mixed mode with linear response.
I can control the vehicle successfully in manual mode with my 9x.
When I setup some
Read more…ive been thinking about the posibility of using an apm as a lawnmower.
Read more…I've just released APMrover2 2.41.
This release fixes a number of bugs in 2.40, plus adds some new features for dual sonar setups. Many thanks to Tom, Greg and Linus for some great suggestions and assistance with this release!
The main changes in this
Read more…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…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
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
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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
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