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Hi, i am looking to build a new rover, but i need some advice on the chassis. I like the 4wd chassis/tank look and prefer it over the crawler/rc look.are those any good though? most people recommend crawlers.I am looking to get something from banggood, any advice will be highly appreciated. thanks
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I've recently installed the new Piksi navigation system with my Pixhawk rover. Since the Piksi is new (with code in progress) I was wondering where all us RoverDudes could go to share Piksi/Pixhawk & NavSpark experiences. Since this is cross platform, do we form a new group or start discussions within each?
Thanks
RoboBill
I have no telemetry setup, so no battery monitoring.
By just visual observation, the car varies by maybe 1.5m at most when running on the same waypoints?
My plan with the single sonar is to just have the waypoints slightly favor the inside line and have the car turn right (towards the outside) when an obstacle is detected. With a car as small as mine, it feels like it has plenty of room, so hopefully directionality won't matter too much.
@Kyle,
If you are running telemetry, you can see it in the MP or the APM Planner.
You can also see it in the data flash logs that you can download after you have run a mission.
Are you monitoring your battery voltage in your GCS?
The number of satellites sounds good and just like that location last year.
I am able to get 12 -13 satellites here in southern FL just about all the time.
Since you are using only one sonar, how do you decide which way to turn once an obstacle is detected?
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
I did find # of satellites, and it hops between 12 and 13.
Thanks Thomas!
I'm getting ~ 3.75 m/s as I have the course measured at ~ 245m?
How do I find out how many satellites it locked and the HDOP?
@Kyle,
Good work!
Based on the time, it sounds like your rover is running around 6m/s.
How many satellites did you acquire and what was your HDOP?
I was able to acquire 12 - 13 satellites last year and had an HDOP of around 1.3.
My M8Q GPS arrived today, but I do not think that I will try to take it to the AVC as it still needs a 3DR configuration file that will work with it.
The weather on Saturday is supposed to be good with just clouds.
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
Did some quick testing today. The car now has single-sonar obstacle avoidance. Took me a while to dial that one in. Had to tilt much more than I expected and extend out the action distance to have it reliably avoid stuff.
But the car is running the AVC course (sans actual boundaries and obstacles) in just over 1 min (~1:06). That includes slowing around corners and slowing where the barrels will be. My current speed looks solid, but on the conservative side. I might up it a bit, perhaps for later heats depending on how it goes.
Hi All,
I have just about completed installing a Pixhawk on a brand new Traxxas 4WD Slash roller chassis.
I believe that this 4WD chassis can be very competitive in the Peloton Class of autonomous vehicles and can be assembled at a reasonable price.
If anyone is interested in duplicating my installation on the Slash 4WD chassis, please pm me and I will start a discussion about the installation.
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
Hi All,
I just shipped my Pixhawk equipped Traxxas 2WD brushless Slash rover and its support equipment in a Pelican 1650 case to Boulder, CO for the Sparkfun 2014 AVC. It should be there by June 13 to the 16th just in time for my arrival there on June 19th.
Regards,
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
The Porta-potties are where the start/finish hay bales are positioned when the AVC course has been laid out.
TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
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