Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown: Learning Autonomy on the Jetson Nano

Re:Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown: Learning Autonomy on t... by ArtWomb on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:53PM (#25340069)

Looks like this class is already shaping up to be a huge crowd favorite! Thanks to the Duckietown team for organizing the MOOC. Certainly this constitutes a major influence for the next generation of AI & Robotics enthusiasts ;)

Since you have a few years experience hacking on the Jetson Nano platform. I am wondering if you have other recommendations regarding peripherals for it? What are some must have add-ons? What is missing from the ecosystem that you would like to see?

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Re:Self-Driving Cars with Duckietown: Learning Autonomy on t... by JacopoTani on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:00PM (#25347963)

Hi ArtWomb,

thank you! We are very excited to bring our vision of learning autonomy to the world, and it's great to see this interest.

The MOOC Duckiebot is the first of the family to be powered by NVIDIA. Our other Duckiebots as well as the Duckiedrone are Raspberry Pi based.

This said: as for peripherals you definitely want to get a compatible wifi dongle and provide cooling to the Jetson, e.g. with a fan. Add-ons (to the robot): we went for a modular, plug-and-play sensor suite and more features to enhance the hands-on experience (i.e., LEDs, screen).

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