Statling-2 Max

[RoyAzriel]

Hi,
We are about to place an order of 4 drones.
Our goal is to develop autonomous robot for a narrow dark tunnel.
We are contemplating between Starling-2 max and Starling-2 indoor slam.
We prefer the starling-2 max because its time of flight and ability to have some payload like lidar and lighting.
Before we order we would like to know if you have any thought what devkit can do a better job for the task of exploring/mapping of dark narrow tunnel?
Another question:

1. For the selected platform do you have and suggestion for recomended accessories (cabling/addons) to be able to add lidar.
2. Do you have a recomended led ilumiation that you know fits best the images sensors on board ?

BR,

Roy Azriel
System Engineer - Rogat

[Alex Kushleyev]

Hello @RoyAzriel ,

If you are going to be experimenting with adding different sensors (Lidar), then Starling 2 Max is definitely going to offer more flexibility due to the larger size and longer flight time.

You should consider the dimensions of the tunnel and make sure that the drone will easily fit. I have no idea how small the cross section of the tunnel is, but if it is very small (just several times larger than the diameter of the drone), then it would be very difficult to fly due to air circulating in a small space.

What Lidar are you considering adding and what is its weight and communication interface?

The illumination will depend on your specific application, depending on how far you need to see. You should be able to add standard LED lights. if you need to control the LED intensity, you would need to get an LED with built in adjustable LED driver and optionally control it using PWM output feature on the ESC.

Are you going to develop your own mapping and navigation stack for this application?

Alex