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If you know me, you know I often make... odd choices. I don't necessarily run with the crowd. Or do I?
One of my favorite vehicles in our historic lineup is the Datsun 510 Wagon. (Seriously. If you have it in any of the greens, I'll take it off your hands!)
Did you know we began selling Datsun-branded cars in the U.S. more than 65 years ago? Our first was the Datsun 1200 sedan arriving stateside in 1958.
In the face of strong domestic and European competition, Datsun models struggled to make a big dent in the U.S. car market – until the arrival of my favorite, the Datsun 510, in 1968. Both economical to own and attractive and fun-to-drive, it was offered initially as a sedan and a wagon. A two-door coupe joined the lineup later.
Maybe I was just born in the wrong car era?
#NissanEmployee#NissanProud#Heritage
Chief Technologist with extensive experience across countries , sectors, and industries. A leader, coach, mentor, and inspirational speaker. Engages with the C-Suite to provide thought leadership and drive change.
Its the end of Day1 of the Copilot+ PC era, and the first training and certification is behind me.
Copilot+ PC heralds a revolution in how we will use our personal computers and the opportunity to innovate, explore and improve our world. Join me on this journey.
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The Ardupilot Dev (un)Conference has wrapped up last week! Some talks that caught my eye, and some others that were inspiring:
Andrew Tridgell talk on system updates, info on ethernet, & more (you can run websites & essentially "GCSs" onboard off of Lua?):
https://lnkd.in/eTpSkpcSLeonard Hall talk on basic stability tests for multirotors. Meant to outline very simple, log free Pass/Fail tests after having tuned a vehicle. This one was very very good to watch and gave me some new philosophies towards tuning, and determining pass criteria for vehicles.
https://lnkd.in/ef22k55dPeter Hall talk on webtools update. Goes over new webtools (new telemetry dashboard in 2nd vid) and some best practices on existing ones.
https://lnkd.in/eTpSkpcShttps://lnkd.in/eKccXDSyNathaniel Mailhot talk on an example project going from simulation to reality. Goes over his project of flying AP on a hang glider!
https://lnkd.in/e4WVYk8bTim Tuxworth talk on his project of getting one autonomous vehicle to follow another.
https://lnkd.in/eFAthrHtRafael Araujo Lehmkuhl talk on Cockpit, an open source GCS. Blue has had a few talks here. I think there's a lot that could be taken inspiration from them in terms of client facing applications.
https://lnkd.in/e_eGAKhQ
Thomas Watson (Couldnt find him on Linkedin) talk on ESP32 updates. It was cool to see what kind of performance issues AP couldve been running into when it was still budding during the APM days.
https://lnkd.in/ehTiHvzu
I still intend on watching these talks when I get some time:
George Zogopoulos talk on controller stability analysis:
https://lnkd.in/eyxJUDFkRandy Mackay talk on position offsets (think this one was somewhat related to the new slung payloads feature)
https://lnkd.in/eDBDgjkdRyan Friedman talk on ROS2 integration with Ardupilot
https://lnkd.in/ex2tw6sb
Always great watching these. Thanks to all that puts forward the effort.
Ever thought about this?
Forgetting to dispose of controllers in your State class can lead to memory leaks 💧.
The DCM "dispose-fields" rule is here to save the day by warning you about it ⚠️.
And with a bit of help from Copilot, you can even fix it automatically 🤖!
#FeatureFocus: Simulating AGV/AMR Projects
How can you ensure a customer’s AGV/AMR installation runs seamlessly from day one? That’s where ANT server’s sophisticated simulation tool comes in.
✅ Using the digital twin created in ANT lab, ANT server’s simulator allows you to run and test every new project using virtual vehicles first.
✅ This can help you estimate how many vehicles your customer will need.
✅ Plus you can test and optimize numerous other parameters, such as:
- the number of missions required
- the optimal charging strategy
- the most efficient vehicle speeds
- traffic management
- and you can stress-test any software integrations your team or an external supplier has programmed.
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#FeatureFocus: Simulating AGV/AMR Projects
How can you ensure a customer’s AGV/AMR installation runs seamlessly from day one? That’s where ANT server’s sophisticated simulation tool comes in.
✅ Using the digital twin created in ANT lab, ANT server’s simulator allows you to run and test every new project using virtual vehicles first.
✅ This can help you estimate how many vehicles your customer will need.
✅ Plus you can test and optimize numerous other parameters, such as:
- the number of missions required
- the optimal charging strategy
- the most efficient vehicle speeds
- traffic management
- and you can stress-test any software integrations your team or an external supplier has programmed.
📺 Watch the video now: https://hubs.la/Q02P6ywy0
In the article "Automatically configure the time zone (during Autopilot enrollment)," Peter shows how to use IPinfo.io's API to configure the OS timezone.
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⇡ 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 ▁ part 2
𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 to Francesca Pagano about the research work 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗫𝟰 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝗔 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 ❓
We believe that the code developed as part of this research holds significant potential for future projects and thesis works in the field of autonomous aerial systems. By releasing the code to the community, we aim to provide a resource that can be leveraged for a wide range of applications. Looking forward, potential extensions may encompass implementing a whole-body control algorithm on an aerial manipulator to tackle increasingly demanding tasks in the inspection and maintenance field. Furthermore, we are committed to maintaining firmware compatibility with new PX4 versions, while also fostering new collaborations within the community.
𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼-𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀, Francesco Longobardi, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀❓
During his thesis, Francesco Longobardi implemented and tested diverse control algorithms within the PX4 firmware and successfully integrated new functionalities alongside existing ones. He also took part in the experimental validation phase, where these controllers were deployed on real drones.
The most relevant innovative aspect of the work lies in the use of a template-based approach to introduce new control laws for UAVs in the PX4 Firmware, preserving at the same time all the standard functionalities as well as the already implemented control modules. Consequently, it offers researchers and developers great flexibility to design and deploy their own UAV control algorithms both in simulation and on real platforms.
PX4 Autopilot
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6moOur family car growing up was a Datsun B210 Wagon. It’s the car I learned to drive. Cameo Beige was the color. Don’t ask me how I remember that.