Today, for the first time, we ran our DARPA Grand Challenge
robot vehicle around under remote control. This is just a
first step to full autonomy, but it means that the
hardware work is almost done. In October 2005, we must
be ready to run the DARPA Grand Challenge - 175 miles through
the desert, along a difficult course, with no driver or
remote control.
The vehicle is carrying a Pentium 4 machine running QNX 6.21.
(It can carry three, but happens to have only one onboard today.)
The Galil servo controllers talk UDP over Ethernet, and a
QNX application is controlling them.
The vehicle is driven over an 802.11b link from another
desktop machine running QNX, with an attached Logitech
MOMO steering wheel and pedals. A Photon application
on the desktop machine shows what all the servos
are doing and what the radar is seeing.
We have LIDAR and a camera as well, but they’re not on the
vehicle right now.
Video will be available in a few days.
We need volunteers. Electronics and programming experience
necessary. Must be in Silicon Valley. Our shop is in
Redwood City, CA. No pay, requires about two evenings per
week, and you get a share of the $2 million prize if we win.
John Nagle
Team Overbot
http://www.overbot.com
I’ve read about this contest in a German magazine. Good luck!
Malte
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Today, for the first time, we ran our DARPA Grand Challenge
robot vehicle around under remote control. This is just a
first step to full autonomy, but it means that the
hardware work is almost done. In October 2005, we must
be ready to run the DARPA Grand Challenge - 175 miles through
the desert, along a difficult course, with no driver or
remote control.
The vehicle is carrying a Pentium 4 machine running QNX 6.21.
(It can carry three, but happens to have only one onboard today.)
The Galil servo controllers talk UDP over Ethernet, and a
QNX application is controlling them.
The vehicle is driven over an 802.11b link from another
desktop machine running QNX, with an attached Logitech
MOMO steering wheel and pedals. A Photon application
on the desktop machine shows what all the servos
are doing and what the radar is seeing.
We have LIDAR and a camera as well, but they’re not on the
vehicle right now.
Video will be available in a few days.
We need volunteers. Electronics and programming experience
necessary. Must be in Silicon Valley. Our shop is in
Redwood City, CA. No pay, requires about two evenings per
week, and you get a share of the $2 million prize if we win.
John Nagle
Team Overbot
http://www.overbot.com