On 3/31/2014 1:12 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 31 March 2014 20:04, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk >> I'm working with a group of guys who are trying to use this device to >> control a wheeled ground vehicle. >> Not a small one, but a 3000lb - 4wd vehicle. The vehicle needs to >> drive from waypoint to waypoint and stop at each one. >> >> It doesn't seem like a good fit to me. > It seems to make no sense to use a device designed to be tiny and > lightweight in a full-sized car when a laptop could be used and have > all the advantages of a big CPU and a screen to display stuff. > > I think that the system would probably end up using several computers > in a network, assuming this is an autonomous vehicle with vision, > radar etc etc. > > I assume that the idea is to use RC-style servos, but I would be > surprised if even the biggest ones were up to the task. > > Hacking the CAN bus of a self-parking car would be an interesting solution.
I agree. Seems like a mismatch to me. This vehicle is pretty simple. No vision, no radar. It only operates in a clear space. I can't find any RC servos that are close the the requirements. So that becomes an issue. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
