VOXL Dev Drones

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Starling & Starling 2

Questions regarding the Sentinel VOXL 2 Development Drone

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@kestrelsystemsbp ,

Thank for clarifying. Indeed the camera-calibration app does not work well for high resolution camera calibration because the processing is not optimized for the large image size (takes too long to process a frame).

The workaround for now is to use down-scaled image for calibration. I will follow up with instructions for the easiest way to do this.

Alex
Sentinel

Questions regarding the Sentinel VOXL 2 Development Drone

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@Eric-Katzfey Awesome, thanks for the feedback!
VOXL m500 Reference Drone

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Hello,

I've been trying to run Mavros on my VOXL-flight from inside a docker container. I've been following these instructions https://docs.modalai.com/mavros/ and finally got the code to work. However, I got an error on QGC saying "no offboard signal". Does anyone know what the issue might be?

Also, my goal is to make the drone hover at a certain height (for example 3ft) without it going up or down. is there a way to achieve that without using ROS? I followed these instructions https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-qvio-server-0_9/ and got VIO working. However, when I move the drone sideways, it does not stay exactly at 3ft. My plan is to take pictures of a pillar at different heights. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

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Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Drone

Discussion regarding Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Drone

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@vjuliani , the tracking camera ( i assume ov7251 or AR0144) is monochrome, so you can not make the image colored. You can install the latest version of the voxl-streamer from dev (nightly builds) http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/dev/binary-arm64/ and it should allow you to encode h265.

Alex
Seeker

Questions regarding the Seeker SLAM Development Drone

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@Cody , please double check the actual and desired roll / pitch / yaw values in the flight review. When the vehicle is level, then roll and pitch should be close to zero and desired roll/pitch will be zero as well if you don't touch RC sticks.

If the attitude estimate is incorrect (for whatever reason) this can cause the vehicle to not be level during flight / take-off.

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Are there any URDF for the dev drones>?

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@skl1g14
in case anyone looking for URDF for m500 drone, i have it here
https://github.com/UoSM-CIRG/CAD-Files/tree/master/drone_dev_kit/catkin_ws/src/display_model/description/m500_urdf/urdf
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Mesh Network in Wifi FOR SWARM OF DRONES

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SWARM Drone Formation with Starling Drones

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@Zarrar By "doing it on your own" we mean that we have not done the work to enable any of these features. You would need to do that. And since we have not done that work we cannot answer your specific questions on how to do it. But that is the beauty of the Starling drone. It is an open platform for doing exactly this kind of development work. We would love to hear how you are able to use the Starling for SWARM Formation!
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Equipment Requirements Hardware

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@Eric-Katzfey Dear Moderator, I am a Drones Engnineer fimiliar with Python, C,C++, PX4 and QGC, Kindly tell me which hardware modems and radios are required in order to develop the SWARM Drones formation and Mesh Networking, I am new to Starling Platforms and Need help
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Starling MAX

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@Thomas-Eiszler , As long as you dont actually have the APM connected, having the power manager driver enabled in PX4 will not conflict with the mini ESC also reporting battery_status. This is because even though the APM driver in PX4 will attempt to start, it will fail to find the actual hardware device (via i2c probe) and will exit the driver. However, it is best to disable the power manager (APM) driver.

Starling 2 MAX uses two 2-cell packs in series, so it is a 4-cell pack.

when you run voxl-esc spin test, it should report voltage reported by each ESC. Does that match the actual battery voltage or is it also wrong (as is reported in your battery_status ?

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Starling 2 vs Sentinel

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@tom Sounds good. Thanks for making me familiar with your platform. I will get a quote soon and purchase one starling 2 max.
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Urgent Assistance Needed: Voxl2 and portal access issue in my starling 2 modalai drone

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@Alex-Kushleyev Thank you for your response, it was the issue with the battery, May be my battery is damaged, when I provide external power source of 12 volt power supply, then it is working perfectly fine. Now I am able to access the portal and voxl2 as well. thank you

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