#Navicat m1 how to

Navicat builds on two other libraries we have created: Schrodinger for state machines and Nyan for subsystems. It also uses the awesome motion planning library Road Runner, which was created by Team 8367 Acme Robotics.

Navigation means a robot's ability to know its location (also called localization) and move to a target location.

#Navicat m1 how to

With a good navigation system, you can focus more on giving the robot instructions on where to go and what to do instead of how to get there. Click again to stop watching or visit your profile to manage watched threads and notifications. With Road Runner, you can specify complex paths for your robot to travel including start and finish orientation and position. If you’ve opted in to email or web notifications, you’ll be notified when there’s activity. Road Runner figures out how the motors should be powered to follow the path, and computes the position of the robot using odometry in order to make adjustments according to the actual speed and travel of the wheels. It also uses motion profiling to constrain the velocity, acceleration, and jerk of the robot to reduce wheel slippage and wear on robot parts. You can learn a lot more about Road Runner in this tour. What does Navicat do?īy using Schrodinger, Nyan, & Navicat together, you can create autonomous op modes which have a powerful, easy-to-use, reliable navigation ability which is accessible as a subsystem and is part of a state machine framework which makes it easy for robot components to perform complex operations while navigating.Ĭurrently, Navicat works only for robots with a mecanum drivetrain and no odometry free wheels.