Rover Home¶
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Rover is an advanced open source autopilot for guiding ground vehicles and boats. It can run fully autonomous missions that are defined using mission planning software or pre-recorded by the driver during a manual run.
Rover runs on the Pixhawk and a number of other supported autopilot boards.
This is the platform that won the 2013 and 2014 Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition! That said, Rover is far more than just a toy - it is already being used in numerous applications (you can see a few examples including agricultural automation in our Video Demos).
Table of Contents¶
- Introduction
- First Time Setup
- Rover Assembly Instructions
- Install Mission Planner
- Loading Firmware
- Connect Mission Planner to AutoPilot
- Configuration
- Arming your Rover
- Tuning steering and navigation for a Rover
- Sensor Testing
- Parameter tuning
- Mission Planning
- Logs
- Advanced Configuration
- Compass Setup (Advanced)
- Extended Kalman Filter (EKF)
- Flight Time Recorder
- Magnetic Interference
- Parameter List (Full)
- Parameter Reset
- RC Input Channel Mapping (RCMAP)
- RC Output Channel Mapping
- Sensor Position Offset Compensation
- Sensor Testing
- Start/Stop Switch
- Telemetry / Serial Port Setup
- Vibration Damping
- Optional Hardware
- Battery Monitors (aka Power Modules)
- Cameras & Gimbals
- Companion Computers
- Display (Onboard)
- GPS/Compass
- Grippers
- LEDs (external)
- Optical Flow Sensor
- OSD for FPV
- Power Tether
- PPM Encoder
- Rangefinders (Sonar, Lidar)
- Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI)
- Relay Switch
- Servo
- Telemetry Radio
- RFD900
- SiK Radio v2
- Telemetry Radio Regional Regulations
- Configuring a Telemetry Radio
- Bluetooth
- FrSky telemetry
- Passthrough FrSky Telemetry
- FlightDeck
- FrSky Telemetry Using Repurposed Messages
- Configuration with OpenTX
- Configuringation with ErSky9x
- MavLink to FrSky Telemetry Converters
- Passthrough FrSky Telemetry
- FlightDeck
- FrSky Telemetry Using Repurposed Messages
- Configuration with OpenTX
- Configuringation with ErSky9x
- MavLink to FrSky Telemetry Converters
- FlightDeck FrSky Transmitter App
- XBee
- SiK Radio — Advanced Configuration
- 3DR Radio v1
- UAVCAN ESCs
- Autopilot Hardware Options
- Use-Cases and Applications
- Antenna Tracking
- Simulation
- Appendix
- Full Table of Contents