Autonomous Vehicles

  • Erle Robotics - RoveR
    • Standard hardware
      • Brain 2 - aka Raspberry Pi + ROS (shield to
      • AI Runner Reverse v2 - speedo
      • Power module
        • power at 5.3V / max 2.25A - output is 6 pin matching PXF's connector
        • input 18V (4S LiPo) at max 90A
    • Standard software
      • Linux
        • Drivers for sensors etc?
      • ROS (Robot OS - middleware)
        • catkin build system
        • mapping via wrapper to OpenSlam's gmapping
        • navigation - "a 2D navigation stack that takes in information from odometry, sensor streams, and a goal pose and outputs safe velocity commands that are sent to a mobile base"
    • Alternative software
      • ardupilot - open source - works on the Brain2

  • ZynqRoveR - Zynq control of RoveR above
    • Addition of Zynq board
      • MYIR