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Terminal guidance boards are already available on Aliexpress for $300-ish. Using YOLOv7 no less. The future is now.
by 05 1y ago
Terminal guidance boards are already available on Aliexpress for $300-ish. Using YOLOv7 no less. The future is now.
- msgodel 1y agoYeah I think people overestimate how big yolo models are and how much compute costs.
- palata 1y agoThe drone is 500$. If the board is 300$, it makes it a lot more expensive. What's the value of that board? How much does it help? Remember that you need to fly it with FPV to the place where the operator can select the target. So you have a radio link at some point, that can be jammed.
- msgodel 1y agoHe's being generous. This could be done with a raspberry pi.
- palata 1y agoHave you tried it, or are you just guessing?
- msgodel 1y agoYeah I've run various yolo implementations on my main computer and I've read what other people have measured on current and last gen raspberry pis. Again I think people overestimate how much compute this takes and underestimate how cheap embedded compute has gotten.
- palata 1y agoI see on the rpi website [1] that an RPi 5 costs 120$. That's 25% of the price of the FPV drone (500$). Then you have to integrate that RPi to the drone, both mechanically and software-wise. From YOLO, you need to actually get into commands for the autopilot. There is work involved. And another question is: can you order millions of RPis like this? If not, what is the cost of alternatives? Not saying it's impossible, just saying that people tend to underestimate those questions. I know it from experience, I have seen projects fail because of that. [1]: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/
- palata 1y agoAre you telling me that you can search for "terminal guidance" on AliExpress and find such boards?