Autonomous Exploration Robotics with a Raspberry Pi
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Prototype aims to self-navigate from Melbourne to Antarctica (3,190 km) using off‑the‑shelf parts: Raspberry Pi model A, high‑efficiency solar panels, a lead‑acid keel battery and a RockBLOCK satellite modem for 340‑byte messages. Steering uses differential thrust with Blue Robotics T100 thrusters, timing a full turn at 4.8s and doing 10s drive‑and‑recheck cycles; it tweets overlaid photos and logs telemetry. The boogie‑board hull works for hours in calm bays but flips, leaks and waterproofing limit ocean readiness.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 0:19About Christian Rachael
- 2:06Electronics
- 4:03Components
- 6:00Timing
- 6:36Telemetry
- 7:16Camera
- 8:44Satellite Module
- 11:26Boogieboard
- 13:26Plumbing
- 13:43Battery
- 15:11Mothership
- 15:33Playback
- 17:33Google Maps
- 17:45Web Version
- 18:16Android Client
- 18:30Simulation Mode
- 25:15Software Stack
- 28:22Google Cloud
- 29:52Current Phases
- 31:19Rachael Colley
- 34:13Christian
- 35:19Wish List
- 36:54Why Android
- 38:35Building a multithreaded app
- 40:50The UI
- 41:42Speed Steer
- 42:13Lost Its Mind
- 43:56Whats Next
- 44:56Wheres Nick
- 46:59Lessons Learned
- 49:54Questions
- 55:56Pi Zero
