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What exactly does "offboard_mode follow_tag" do?

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  • m4v3rM Offline
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    Hey there.
    I'm in the process of achieving precision landing via fiducial marker and I thought setting the offboard mode on VOXL2 to "follow_tag" would be a part of that but before flight testing I tried researching what that setting actually does and your SDK gitlab that is linked from your VOXL Vision Hub-guides page says it's for R&D only and that "the drone will follow [the tag] around".
    Do I even need to use offboard mode to achieve precision landing or is PX4's "Precision Land" flight mode utilizing VIO already enough?
    best regards

    Ch.B.

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    • m4v3rM m4v3r

      Hey there.
      I'm in the process of achieving precision landing via fiducial marker and I thought setting the offboard mode on VOXL2 to "follow_tag" would be a part of that but before flight testing I tried researching what that setting actually does and your SDK gitlab that is linked from your VOXL Vision Hub-guides page says it's for R&D only and that "the drone will follow [the tag] around".
      Do I even need to use offboard mode to achieve precision landing or is PX4's "Precision Land" flight mode utilizing VIO already enough?
      best regards

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      • m4v3rM m4v3r

        Hey there.
        I'm in the process of achieving precision landing via fiducial marker and I thought setting the offboard mode on VOXL2 to "follow_tag" would be a part of that but before flight testing I tried researching what that setting actually does and your SDK gitlab that is linked from your VOXL Vision Hub-guides page says it's for R&D only and that "the drone will follow [the tag] around".
        Do I even need to use offboard mode to achieve precision landing or is PX4's "Precision Land" flight mode utilizing VIO already enough?
        best regards

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        @m4v3r that mode follows an apriltag in offboard mode, that's it. It's for demo purposes only.

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          @m4v3r that mode follows an apriltag in offboard mode, that's it. It's for demo purposes only.

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          @Moderator I was thinking details, like at what speed and altitude etc.?

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