Hi @the_engineer ,

Please see the responses to your questions below:

Is the drone suitable for such an application, or is there a drone better suited for this kind of application?

• Starling 2 Max can be equipped with two global shutter tracking cameras, two high resolution (IMX412) cameras and a TOF sensor, providing the most sensing that our platforms offer.

Is such indoor autonomous operation is feasible with the Starling 2 Max?

• dual-camera VIO can be used for indoor navigation (using our integration with Open Vins software)
• please note that we cannot guarantee performance in your environment and you would like to achieve reliable operation, you would need to become very familiar with the software components and test and address the issues that may come up in your environment
• depending on how narrow the aisles are, you may consider Starling 2 (not Starling 2 Max)

To what extent can this drone be programmed and extended for research or development purposes?

• majority of ModalAI software that runs on VOXL2 is open source : https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/

Is the drone programmable with Python or a similar programming language?

• Voxl2 runs Ubuntu 18.04 OS and you can use any standard programming languages. Most of voxl2 apis for data access (camera, imu, etc) are in C/C++ which can be extended to python via bindings. ROS is also supported.

What charge time can be expected?

• Typical recommended charge rate for Li-Ion batteries is 1C, so about one hour, maybe a bit more. You are free to explore other battery vendors if you need faster charge times.

Is a docking station/ induction charging retrofit possible?

• we do not support this feature, but it should be possible with additional design. You would probably need to have your own power management board that allows seamlessly disconnecting the old battery (to be charged) and applying a DC power supply.

Is the drone capable of navigating in subpar lighting conditions?

• you would need to test in your specific environment and address any issues that come up. Lighting is not the only factor, but also amount of useful features, etc

What is the expected maximum flight time at maximum takeoff weight?

• see this thread : https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3732/starling-2-max-payload-capacity-and-flight-time-impact
• additional recommended payload up to 500g

What are the operational temperature limits of the drone?

• Starling 2 Max can operate in reasonable temperatures. However, you would need to monitor your CPU usage - if it hits 95C, automatic throttling will occur and the system may not be able to keep up with all the tasks. ESC is rated to run at least 100C (MCU temperature), so that should not be an issue for this particular drone, which is not significantly loaded in terms of motor power).

Does visual obstacle avoidance also work during remote controlled manual flight?

• please take a look at voxl-vision-hub, but remember that this will be a starting point and you will need to develop your own application based on your requirements and testing : https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-vision-hub/

What is the expected delivery time for the system to Germany?

• Expected to ship within 60 business days from San Diego, CA, as stated on our web site https://www.modalai.com/products/starling-2-max

FYI the voxl-mpa-tools updates have been merged to dev (including the jpeg saving option and option to save timestamp, exposure, gain in the filename -- i think that is what you were referring to). One small change, the timestamp in the filename changed from milliseconds to microseconds.

https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/utilities/voxl-mpa-tools/-/tree/dev

@cguzikowski ,

Can you please clarify what you meant by the following statement in your previous post:

"Also as a side note, the metadata seems to not be recording when using voxl-record-raw-image -j"

Thanks!

@Igor , we just uploaded the emulator docker image, please see details in this post : https://forum.modalai.com/topic/5179/qrb5165-emulator-image-1-6

@huy ,

The latest qrb5165 emulator docker image is v 1.5. We have been updating our downloads section, so it was inadvertently removed.

Right now, this docker image is available in the Downloads / Miscellaneous section and is called 865-rootfs_m0054_qrb5165-emulator-v1.5.tar. You can download it from there.

However, the name and location of this docker image is slightly incorrect. It will be renamed to qrb5165-emulator-v1.5.tar and moved to the Docker Images section soon. So if you cant find it under Miscellaneous section, please look at the Docker Images section.

https://developer.modalai.com/

Alex

Hi @Myles-Levine ,

I just want to double check something to make sure there is no confusion.

• The lepton sensor is an IR (thermal) camera. it does not measure range. The lepton sensor plugs into the large square socket that is mounted to the M0157 / M0187 board (they are very similar).
• The infrared TOF sensor is a smaller (rectangular) sensor, which is marked as U1 on M0187 : https://docs.modalai.com/M0187/ .

Have you checked whether the Lepton sensor is working using voxl-portal, which would allow you to look at the IR image coming from the sensor?

Alex

@Myles-Levine , sorry I thought you were referring to the other TOF sensor.

You will need a new M0187 board : https://docs.modalai.com/M0187/ . Please reach out to us via this form https://www.modalai.com/pages/contact-us , since we don't have that part available on the official page.

Is your Lepton sensor working properly?

Alex

@ChrisB here is a system architecture to follow: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-d0014/

We do not support an RB5, that is a Qualcomm product

@Myles-Levine , you can purchase the TOF sensor here : https://www.modalai.com/products/m0178?variant=48528287793456

@yaoyuh , it looks like the order has been taken care of. please let us know if you have any more questions.

Alex