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Hi All,

Before posting an issue or a problem in the ArduRover Discussion Forum, please check the wiki table of contents, review the firmware release notes in the subforum, and search that subforum for existing answers to your question. Help avoid duplicate threads by finding other members with the same issue and their solution.

When formulating your post, use a descriptive title such as "rover will not navigate to waypoints in the Auto mode" (not "HELP!" or "Problem").

Please include the following information to help diagnose your query:

  • Describe the problem you are having. What is the expected verses the observed behavior?
  • Provide hardware information such as the brand and version of your autopilot, GPS, radio, and compass, as well as any other pertinent details about your rover setup.
  • What version of the APM: ArdurRover2 firmware version are you running?
  • For navigation issues, provide your tlog and/or dataflash log. Click here for instructions on retrieving a dataflash log.

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  • Hi Tridge,
    if you need some coding help, text me

     

     

    regards

    peter

     

  • Admin

    @Hi Roo,

    No problem. Take your time and make it the way you like it!

    I plan to add pictures of my two rover chassis by the end of this week.

    Regards,

    TCIII

  • Awesome and welcome to the group, I should be back home on 12/11 and I can test any code daily in between working on my 3D CNC and assembling my 3d printer.

    Any other ardurovers in Houston near 1960/Aldine Westfield??

    TJC3, I have not forgotten I will post up more pics and video of my build, but I feel bad about current wiring I want to clean it up first lol

    Humbly,

    Roo

  • Admin

    Hi Andrew,
    Welcome aboard! Please tell us how we, as a Group, can help you with the ArduRover code in any way!!!
    Regards,
    TCIII

  • Admin

    @Chris,

    Glad to hear that Tridge has come on board! I know how to modify simple Arduino code, but creating or updating the ArduRover code is beyond my modest programming skills. We will be glad to assist Tridge in any way possible to help expedite improvements to the existing code. I am sure that there will be several members, including myself, who will be glad to proof the updated code.

    Regards,

    TCIII

  • 3D Robotics

    ArduRover users, good news: the legendary Andrew Tridgell ("Tridge"), who is one of the core ArduPlane/Copter developers, has now turned his sights to rovers and is fast improving the code. 

    As he writes in the APM dev list:

    You may have noticed I've been making quite a few changes to the rover code lately. That is because I've been helping a local school with APM controlled rovers as part of a student project. They've given me a rover to play with, and we've been working on fixing some bugs.

    The main things I'm doing at the moment is removing all of the ArduPlane specific pieces, like altitude control, flaps etc. I also plan on renaming a lot of the variables to be correct for a rover, so things like "roll" will becoming "steering". I'd like the code to be easier for students to understand and modify.

    I also have the rover code building in SITL, although I haven't yet written a python rover simulator, so it isn't in autotest yet.

     

    If you want to work with him on this, it's probably best to do it on the dev list. Please provide an email address (linked to a Google account) and I can add you to that. 

  • Admin

    Hi all,

    For those of you in Florida and especially southern Florida, a Florida Maker Space Forum has be started: http://www.floridamakerspace.com/forum/

    Regards,

    TCIII

  • Moderator

    I want to build a mule to carry all my stuff.

  • Admin

    For those of you who would like to have a copy of ArduRover 2.20b, but have struggled with the git, please send me a pm and I can email it to you.

    Regards,

    TCIII

  • @Thomas,

    That's a good find; I was hoping that there was some kind of capability in the ArduRover code to do obstacle avoidance, but hadn't looked into the code yet. I guess I will be buying the MINDS-i kit so I can make use of this in my Rover.

    Matthew N8OHU

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