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Optimizing a Full Self Driving RC Car

41 points by kscottz 3y ago

aiNohY6g 3y ago
Reminds me re-volt ^^
- barbazoo 3y ago
  Thanks for mentioning that, I loved that game but totally forgot about it.
- whoami_nr 3y ago
  Agreed. Reminded me rc-bandit. Used to spend countless hours on that game back in the 2000s.
- Arrath 3y ago
  Re-volt and its contemporary, Toy Commander, really kindled in me a love of literally 'small scale' games. As a kid I thought it was pretty cool to do a race around a super sized garage, darting under the car and up and over the lawnmower, or having a dogfight around a mountain sized christmas tree in the lounge.
detrites 3y ago
This article mainly summarises a video if you'd rather watch: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R87Qlq_wSY8& https://youtube.com/watch?v=R87Qlq_wSY8&
outside1234 3y ago
Beyond the software to do this - is there a hardware explainer for the chassis and rest of the kit they are using to build this anywhere?
- genpfault 3y ago
  [1] has a video[2] along with some slides[3]. [1]: https://stevengong.co/notes/F1TENTH/#about-the-f1tenth-car https://stevengong.co/notes/F1TENTH/#about-the-f1tenth-car [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8lAwcIW0I&list=PL868twsx7OjdnroeAUFVBGlKGnFGi9txc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8lAwcIW0I&list=PL868twsx7O... [3]: https://linklab-uva.github.io/autonomousracing/assets/files/knowyourcsars.pdf https://linklab-uva.github.io/autonomousracing/assets/files/...
bfrog 3y ago
Man I wanted to do just this sort of thing 15 years ago but of course the sensors and processing power weren’t really small or powerful enough then. So cool.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  Somewhere in the archives is an article of a "self driving racing rc car" sport of some sort where the creator used a camera looking at the ceiling and mapping the lights to localize itself on the track. Way cooler IMO. Everything gets easier in SLAM when you can just burn $1k on lidar.
  - bfrog 3y ago
    Seriously. Lidars 15 years ago from sick were huge and way more than $1k I tried with cameras and other sensors, made it very hard to do slam reliably. I imagine slam algorithms have also improved a good deal.
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41 points by kscottz 3y ago

aiNohY6g 3y ago

Reminds me re-volt ^^

barbazoo 3y ago
Thanks for mentioning that, I loved that game but totally forgot about it.
whoami_nr 3y ago
Agreed. Reminded me rc-bandit. Used to spend countless hours on that game back in the 2000s.
Arrath 3y ago
Re-volt and its contemporary, Toy Commander, really kindled in me a love of literally 'small scale' games. As a kid I thought it was pretty cool to do a race around a super sized garage, darting under the car and up and over the lawnmower, or having a dogfight around a mountain sized christmas tree in the lounge.

detrites 3y ago

This article mainly summarises a video if you'd rather watch: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R87Qlq_wSY8& https://youtube.com/watch?v=R87Qlq_wSY8&

outside1234 3y ago

Beyond the software to do this - is there a hardware explainer for the chassis and rest of the kit they are using to build this anywhere?

genpfault 3y ago
[1] has a video[2] along with some slides[3]. [1]: https://stevengong.co/notes/F1TENTH/#about-the-f1tenth-car https://stevengong.co/notes/F1TENTH/#about-the-f1tenth-car [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8lAwcIW0I&list=PL868twsx7OjdnroeAUFVBGlKGnFGi9txc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8lAwcIW0I&list=PL868twsx7O... [3]: https://linklab-uva.github.io/autonomousracing/assets/files/knowyourcsars.pdf https://linklab-uva.github.io/autonomousracing/assets/files/...

bfrog 3y ago

Man I wanted to do just this sort of thing 15 years ago but of course the sensors and processing power weren’t really small or powerful enough then. So cool.

mrguyorama 3y ago
Somewhere in the archives is an article of a "self driving racing rc car" sport of some sort where the creator used a camera looking at the ceiling and mapping the lights to localize itself on the track. Way cooler IMO. Everything gets easier in SLAM when you can just burn $1k on lidar.
- bfrog 3y ago
  Seriously. Lidars 15 years ago from sick were huge and way more than $1k I tried with cameras and other sensors, made it very hard to do slam reliably. I imagine slam algorithms have also improved a good deal.

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