ArduRover GPS navigation robot

I built a robot running the ArduRover firmware. It has a differential drive system with two brushless sensorless drone motors and 3D printed gears. This video is an overview of the robot and what it can do. The robot is built entirely to out parts I had laying around. The chassis is made out of wood and painted to make it look a bit better. My intention was to use this robot as a base for adding sensors and other stuff and experiment with some of the features in ArduPilot/ArduRover. I later realized that I can't do much more since this flight controller only has 1 MB or flash. Maybe I will change the flight controller in the future, or make another rover.
My website: axelsdiy.brinkeby.se/

[@pannagasudarshan6639]

I really love watching all of your videos, as an electronics engineering i know the hardwork and effort that goes into building and testing all these things. Hats off! Keep it up! Thanks for uploading. Maybe do a series where you teach how you do all of these? 🤗

[@AxelsDIY]

Thanks! I will do more stuff especially with ArduPilot in upcoming videos. Will probably try to show some more of the configuration and tuning process. I have some other vehicles I am working on also :)

[@sUASNews]

Nicely done

[@101jtag]

Awesome. Maybe that directional instability is related to the gps antenna being too far back ? When the rover turns left initially the back-end could swing right a bit. The controller reacts by turning left. Great video many thanks.

[@AxelsDIY]

It is a good thought, but I don't think that is what is happening. The accuracy of the GPS is not very precise. It has no chance of detecting the movement of the tail the the vehicle swinging out in the turns. The controller relies more on IMU data (accelerometer and gyro) to compensate for the small movements. The controller with the IMU is mounted closer to the front of the vehicle.

[@justadude8716]

Hey, well done. Do you know if it's possible to temporarily take control from ardurover? What I mean is I have a Raspberry Pi for computer vision, and I want to navigate between waypoints over rough terrain choosing safest route. I don't want to reinvent the wheel which is why I'm researching solutions for navigation since I need to choose the optimal path that keeps my rover safe but also gets me closer to my waypoint. I was thinking of just using a compass but I wouldn't be able to expand that

[@thomasmaiden3356]

ʇǝu˙ʇoqoɹǝɥʇǝoz - Great robot & great video ! My robot Zoe is also 3 wheeled. Zoe contains a custom built chat-bot made with VB and MS-SQL. Zoe can answer questions and travel around outside in my yard.

[@auriolble1687]

please what brand of 3D printer did you use to print the gears?

[@lapakarduino]

Hello sir can you give me the explain, because in your site is not available thanks