One of our immediate aims is to demonstrate the NavAbility technology in real-world applications, and in this vein we’d like to give a preview of results from an exciting project.
This example is applicability to a variety of use-cases, from docking marine vehicles through to navigation of industrial indoor robots… And yes, self-driving too.
In the coming weeks we will release this as a complete working example. In the meantime, here is a short overview and preliminary results.
REx and Radar Data
The MITSea Grant Remote Explorer (REx), shown above, is an autonomous marine surface vehicle used for diverse research applications . The vehicle is equipped with a variety of sensors, however the focus of this project is to use only the radar data for localization as it entered the Boston harbor.
Dehann Fourie (CEO) constructed a GPS-denied navigation solution using the NavAbility stack, processing raw ROS radar payloads (shown below) into a complete factor graph to calculate a SLAM solution.
The example demonstrates how specialized data types can be created to capture and process radar information, which is simple to do using the Caesar.jl stack. A preliminary result of the solved trajectory is shown below.
Complete application example to follow soon
Keep an eye out for the complete example in the coming weeks!
Intrigued? Imagine what we can do with your robotics application! Please reach out to us at info@navability.io if you’re curious or have any questions.