Remote Control Robot Car
WINLAB 2022 Summer Internship
Overview
Remote control of a robotics platform using video streams. The project will require students to work with video streaming toolkits and develop software to allow for low-latency control of the remote platform from either a first- or third-person view. Students will begin by setting up ROS on a robotics platform at WINLAB so that they have a system to work on, with the ultimate goal of testing the remote control system on the hardware developed by the smart car team at the end of the summer.
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Students will need to write a ROS node to run on the vehicle platform which will receive remote control commands and translate them into control signals for the platform hardware. Students will also need to work with software such as gstreamer for low-latency streaming of the video feed from the car.
PIONEER 3-DX
Week 1
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Week 3
Week 4
Weekly Progress
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Learned how to navigate Linux Command Line and Orbit Management Framework
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Installed ​ROS Melodic on sandbox node and began working through ROS tutorials
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Met with other groups within the Car Intersection group (Mini Smart Car Hardware Design, Autonomous System Infrastructure, Multi-Cam Fusion for Smart Intersection)
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Completed the ROS tutorials; Installed ROS on intersection node and Pioneer 3-DX
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Completed VIMtutor
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Installed Real Sense libraries compatible with ROS (to access camera)
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Solved Pioneer 3-DX networking problem and ssh into it through wireless connection
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Successfully remote controlled Pioneer 3-DX
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Installed ROSARIA and ​AriaCoda to get access to libraries compatible with Pioneer 3-DX
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Installed Demo Client to control robot
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Streamed video through Chrome Remote Desktop
Demo Client
RealSense
Camera d415
