{"id":455,"date":"2020-01-21T01:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T01:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterklemperer.com\/blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2020-01-27T01:48:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T01:48:13","slug":"robocars-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterklemperer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/21\/robocars-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Robocars Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The other day a commenter to this blog&#8217;s signature included a reference to Robocar racing. I had never heard of that before and learned about an amazing activity involving developing and racing self-driving RC-style, scale-model cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robocars is sort of like the grassroots version of the AWS Deepracer program. This post will simply be a repository of cool information I indulge myself in finding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chris Anderson&#8217;s Introduction to DIY Robocars<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hardware Hackers Aren&#039;t Waiting for Self Driving Cars to Hit the Road.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjT-UykifDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/diyrobocars.com\">DIY Robocars<\/a> &#8211; similar in concept to the old DIY drones site.<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RomiCar Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that I have a pile of Pololu Romi&#8217;s, I&#8217;m giving installing a ROS\/OpenCV stack onto my Raspberry Pi &amp; Camera equipped Romi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardware Installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STL file for a simple roll-cage and camera mount is available upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Software Installation Failure: Raspbian Buster (Busted?!?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Raspbian Buster installed with WiFi and camera configured. Download from the Raspberry Pi foundation and burn to disk with Balena Etcher. Initial boot connected to the TV and a mouse to set up VNC, then WiFi password entered over VNC.<\/li><li>Install ROS Kinetic according to the instructions <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.ros.org\/ROSberryPi\/Installing%20ROS%20Kinetic%20on%20the%20Raspberry%20Pi\">here<\/a>. <br><em>Despite the warnings on the top of the linked page, <strong>Raspbian is being used here<\/strong>. I used Ubuntu MATE on other installations and may choose to do so again, but not what I&#8217;m doing here unless I have too.<\/em><br><br>Issues Encountered:<br>OPENCV2 Build Failure. Tried this fix when opencv2 failed to build:<br>https:\/\/github.com\/opencv\/opencv\/issues\/14856<br>At Which Point I QUIT.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Software Installation: Ubuntu MATE and ROS Melodic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ubuntu MATE installed with WiFi and camera configured. 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