Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

[pashakun]

https://www.edx.org/course/tumx/tumx-au ... 2h8Q_mSx8E

The course is free and starts today. And you can try what you learn on Crazyflie!

Would be great to know if someone is following along ~

[omwdunkley]

Hi!
I took the class room version of that course two years ago and strongly recommend it I learnt a lot, the presentation materials and tasks were top notch. It even won some top lecture award that year.

Enjoy it!

[pashakun]

Good to know, thanks!

Two years ago ~ That's before crazyflie. Were you working with AR Drone?

[omwdunkley]

Good to know, thanks!

Two years ago ~ That's before crazyflie. Were you working with AR Drone?

Yeah, the ArDrone 1.0, not the current one

The ardrone has two huge advantages over the flie that make it "relatively easy" to start programming with:

• Ultrasonic altitude measurement - so you can easily hover at a given altitude. Ive worked on hover mode on the flie using the barometer. Its far from perfect, maybe youve tried it;)
• Optical flow from a downward facing camera - so you can easily stop drift in the x,y plain.

Let me know how the course goes!

[pashakun]

More good news~ I have Drone 1.0 and was wondering if I need 2.0 for the course.

Crazyflie is a little bit more manageable in an apartment setting - it doesn't terrify the cats as much But I'll give AR Drone SDK a shot ~

I've stumbled through a bunch of edx courses on robotics and programming, but super determined to finish this one! Been brushing up on linear algebra and such ~

I'll bug you with some questions, if you don't mind.

[grumpymoose]

Looks a fab course. I've started it, and if I can get the kids occupied this summer, I just might finish!

Leslie

[pashakun]

Good luck , Leslie!

There is a lot of practical stuff there. Though I haven't had a chance to try it out on BitFly