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Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 6:11 am
by 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 ~

Re: Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:36 pm
by 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!

Re: Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:05 pm
by pashakun
Good to know, thanks!

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

Re: Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 3:38 pm
by omwdunkley
pashakun wrote: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!

Re: Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 1:35 am
by 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 :lol: 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.

Re: Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:53 pm
by grumpymoose
Looks a fab course. I've started it, and if I can get the kids occupied this summer, I just might finish!

Leslie

Re: Anybody taking Autonomous Navigation course @ edx?

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:12 am
by 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