Hacky Racers is only two months away. Its time to get to work…
This is the chassis we plan to use. We’ve had it for years, and it’s a bit worn out / damaged / bent, but I think / hope it will be fine for the competition. It has some nice features: it’s four wheel drive, it has independent suspension with dampers, and the motor controller is a separate device to the RC receiver. At approximately 420mm long by 310mm wide it easily fits into the A2 sized rules, but there’s still plenty of room to add the necessary electronics.
It has a brushed motor, but it’s still very quick. I’m sure we will not be driving it at full speed in autonomous mode!
We plan to add a deck on top of the machine, between the axles, to carry the new electronics for autonomous guidance. We plan to use an RTK GNS module to control the vehicle autonomously to begin with. We hope to add a camera to the front which we will use to capture video during races in July. This will then be used to train an AI system for guidance in the future (hopefully).
The first job is to add the deck on top of the vehicle to carry the new electronics.
Team PiDrogen 