Autonomous Air Vehicle Racing
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Course Agenda:

  • BWSI’s Autonomous Air Vehicle Racing
  • Module 0: UAV Environment Setup
  • Module 1: Hands-On Quadrotors
  • Module 2: Computer Vision
  • Module 3: Estimation & Control
  • Module 4: Racing Challenges

Practicals:

  • Project Workflow
  • Student Drone Setup
  • Calibrating Intel RTF Drones
  • Flight Log Analysis
  • Architecture Concept Review
  • Intro to ROS
  • Communication Pipeline
  • Accessing Video Streams
  • Inspecting Sensor Feeds
  • Hovering with Optical Flow
  • Coordinate Frames
  • Downward Camera Analysis + Line Detection
  • Custom ROS Message for Line Params
  • OFFBOARD Mode & Open Loop Control
  • Yaw-Only Color Tracker
  • Line Following
  • AR Obstacle Avoidance

Advanced Topics:

  • Vim Text Editor
  • Exploring PX4 Firmware
  • Kalman Filters
  • Simulation Challenge
  • Advanced linefollowing ideas

Supplemental Material:

  • Team Roles
  • Safety Checklist
  • Connecting to the drone with VSCode
  • AR tag generation
  • Glossary
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