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Supported Rover Variants
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Balance Bots
Get Started
How it works
Balancing
Accelerate/Decelerate
Pilot Control of a Balance Bot
Steering
Hardware Options
Frame
Autopilot
Motors and Wheel Encoders
ESCs/Motor Drivers
GPS + Compass
Telemetry Radio(optional)
Configuration and Setup
1) Connections, Firmware and Calibration
2) Motor, ESC, Wheel Encoder Configuration
3) Additional Parameter Configuration
4) Minimum Throttle
5) Arming
Balance Bot Control Modes
Hold/Manual
Acro
Guided/Auto/RTL
Testing the Balance Bot
Tuning the Balance Bot
Tuning Pitch Control
Real-time Tuning of Pitch Control
Reducing Drift with Pitch Trim
Pitch Limiting
Tuning Acro Mode
Guided, Auto, RTL
Common Issues and Fixes
1) Manual/Hold Mode issues:
The vehicle struggles to balance or wobbles too much
The vehicle drifts off in one direction
Configuration Issues
2) Acro Mode Issues
The vehicle drives well, but randomly topples
The vehicle topples at higher speeds
Vehicle tends to drift or yaw over time, without input
3) Auto Mode Issues
Vehicle crashes after an Auto mission
Boats
Sailboats
Try it in the simulator:
Before you proceed:
Hardware Setup
Sail winch
Wing sail elevator
Direct wing sail actuation
Motoring
Modes
Manual
ACRO
Loiter
RTL
AUTO
Configuration
Other useful parameters
Tuning
Fences
Feedback
Walking Robots
Hardware Required
Hardware Setup
Configuration and Setup
1) Connections, Firmware and Calibration
2) Loading lua script to ardupilot
3) Additional Parameter Configuration
Supported Features
4) Arming
Simulation with SITL and pyBullet