Autonomously Mapping with Visual SLAM
This project is about a low-cost robot that you can drop into a room, have it explore and map the entire space, then set navigating autonomously - all without GPS or lidar. I talk about the base of the robot, the parts that I changed so it could map and explore, and the challenges I faced getting the robot to work. Future videos will go into more depth on how all the parts work. My thanks to Intel for supplying the hardware for this video! Blog post: https://mikelikesrobots.github.io/blo... Source code: https://github.com/mikelikesrobots/vi... #robotics #ros2 #slam #mapping #realsense ============================================ Chapter times: 00:00 Introduction 01:18 Viam Rover Robot Kit 04:17 Viam vs ROS 2 06:13 Architecture Diagram 07:33 Build/Encoder Challenges 12:02 Building a Map 14:06 Wandering the Map 14:56 Can I build this robot? 15:37 Summary ============================================ Links: Intel's Wandering Rover Application: https://docs.openedgeplatform.intel.c... Viam Rover: https://www.viam.com/resources/rover Viam documentation: https://docs.viam.com/what-is-viam/ RealSense Depth Module D421: https://www.realsenseai.com/products/... Radxa X4: https://radxa.com/products/x/x4/ ROS 2: https://www.ros.org/ Getting Started with the Viam Rover by Build Robots Better: • Getting Started with the Viam Rover Image of encoder: https://eltra-encoder.eu/news/quadrat... ============================================ Socials: My Blog: https://mikelikesrobots.github.io Reddit: / mikelikesrobots Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mikelikesrob... LinkedIn: / michael-hart-a7614262

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