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Dont waste your time
24.0818
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The ZiptieAI drone project focuses on what you need for the mission (building autonomous AI drones).
I was working on a project in early 2024 where they wanted a fiber optic drone. No radio signals sent... everything over fiber. Interesing project. I dont know if that project ever became useful on the Ukrainian battlefield, but later ran into a westerner working with Ukrainian drone builders. Someone with experience with the customer. His assessment: Fiber is a total waste of time.
I wasted a lot of time when I started this project (maybe not wasted... I did learn something). The screenshot below shows some of the topics that (mainly ROS and simulation) that I thought were important (because thats what I read). I now see them as a waste of time (at least if you have the same goals as I did). At least when you are starting out.
- The simulation is interesting, but its too complex, and provides little help for flying drones.
- ROS may be good for robots, but its too complex for most drone builders (drone != robot).
24.0907 Wiki, Gdrive, Youtube, ZiptieAI.com, ZiptieAI docs. The author is looking for a job!
- The race 24.0818
- Why (you need) ZiptieAI
- Why (I created) ZiptieAI
- Wiki organization (6 epics) (outdated)
- Blog (latest)
- Conferences 24.0801
(0) Reference
EPIC 1 - Build/fly FPV drone
(1) FPV simulators (inav notes 0608)
- 2.0 Technical overviews
- 2.1 MVP (min viable platform)
- 2.2 GPS
- 2.3 Video
- 2.4 Carbon frame
- 2.5 Missions
- 2.6 Tuning (new)
- 2.7 Post-crash rebuild 24.0620
(3) SBeeF405/BF (1b)
(4) SBeeF405/AP (1c)
EPIC 2 - Build/fly Pixhawk drone
(5) Pix6c/PX4 (2a)
(6) Pix6c/AP (2b)
EPIC 3 - Add AI to Pixhawk drone
(7) AI cc + cam
(8) AI CC+FW
- (8a) AI Nano PX4
- (8b) AI Nano AP
- (8c) AI PI PX4
- (8d) AI PI AP
- 9.0 SIH NANO/PX4 24.0703 (WORKS!)
EPIC 4 – Basic Autonomy
(11) FC_Mavlink_API (via CC/GCS APIs) (5.3)
(13c) CC autonomy algorithms
EPIC 5 – Advanced Autonomy
(20) Kalman KK (+Python,vectornav)
(14) Firmware dev (5)
(22) AI
- (21) CV
- 13.1 AI Ubuntu
- 13.5 AI STM 24.0430
- 13.6 AI study
EPIC 6 – Project management 24.0903
- 21.1 Project docs (cms+conf/jira)
- 21.2 Git
- 21.3 APIs (create, swagger, publish
- 21.4 End user (dev) docs
EPIC 7 – Mission platforms / special projects
- 15.1 AI Kamikadze 24.0806
(16) Special projects (5.6,5.5)
EPIC 8 – PITS (Pie in the sky)
(12) ROS (+ROSMAV) (was E4)
(14b) Matlab (was E5/4(HITL))
(10) (skip) SITL (total sim) (1) (was E4)