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cyclical_obsessive<p>What's on my mind?</p><p>Disappointment and Disillusionment!</p><p>- Invested 7 yrs in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GoPiGo3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoPiGo3</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a><br>- Created <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ROS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROS2</span></a> nodes for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/proprioception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proprioception</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/odometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odometry</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LIDAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIDAR</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/docking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>docking</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tts</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simulation</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ObjectRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObjectRecognition</span></a>, and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LifeLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeLogging</span></a><br> <br>- My robot cannot safely and reliably navigate in my complex home environment.<br>- No slower turns, no inflation value can fix </p><p>I'm done, destroyed, no strength left for "one more try". GoPi5Go-Dave is on the shelf with other "reached its limit" robots.</p>
cyclical_obsessive<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SLAM_Toolbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAM_Toolbox</span></a> Mapping w/o Localization</p><p>Got slam_toolbox mapping with localization turned off, but managed to figure out how to serve up a better looking map from my house floor plan.</p><p>The weakness of dead reckoning <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/odometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odometry</span></a> becomes very evident with the floorplan map.</p><p>Next up - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DeadReckoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadReckoning</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ros2humble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ros2humble</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nav2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nav2</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/map_server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map_server</span></a></p>
cyclical_obsessive<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Create3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Create3</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IRsensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRsensor</span></a> SLAM - First Attempt</p><p>My ir2scan node is working well, but setting the 52 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/slam_toolbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slam_toolbox</span></a> params is a mystery.</p><p>My create3_navigation slam.launch.py (using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Turtlebot4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turtlebot4</span></a> LIDAR parms modified for Create3 IR "distance" sensor scan), with Wali facing a wall, maps a wall!</p><p>(bouncing around in angle in front of bot...)</p><p>As I proceed to drive Wali around the room, more walls enclosing a "known to be open" space are mapped, but not where the sensors and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/odometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odometry</span></a> put them.</p>
IT News<p>Turn By Turn Driving Directions From A Turntable - Many of us now carry a phone that can give us detailed directions from where we are to a destinati... more: <a href="https://hackaday.com/2020/01/16/turn-by-turn-driving-directions-from-a-turntable/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2020/01/16/turn-b</span><span class="invisible">y-turn-driving-directions-from-a-turntable/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/transportationhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportationhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/directionfinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>directionfinding</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/deadreckoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deadreckoning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/carhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/navigate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navigate</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/odometer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odometer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/odometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odometry</span></a></p>