Topic: GSoC Visual Follow-me funding request
Proposal type: Hardware
Description: Hardware for AsifK’s GSoC
AsifK is working on adding visual follow-me support to AP. The project is outlined in this blog post and here in the wiki but in short the aim is to enhance the AP C++ code and also write a python program to run on a high powered companion computer that will run Yolov8. The user will be able to click on the live video stream and the mount will keep the clicked-upon item in the middle of the screen. Once complete we hope to enable the vehicle to also follow the clicked-opon-item.
- BotBlox networking switch and adapter : $61 + $15 + $30 shipping = $116 USD
- Tattu 10,000mAh Battery : $152 + $30 shiping = $182 USD
These items have kindly been donated by Partners:
- Siyi A8, ZR10 (or similar) – provided by Siyi
- Nvidia Orin Nano companion computer (Holybro will provide, @MagicRuB may provide, Qualcomm may provide)
- Quad 650 frame (Holybro will provide)
- Extra propellers and motors (perhaps 8 propellers, 4 extra motors) (Holybro will provide)
- H7 AutoPilot (Holybro, @Zane_ZeroOne will provide)
- Smart controller (Herelink, Siyi MK15, etc) – provided by CubePilot
In many ways this is an open source version of what Siyi has done here and we would also like to add support for this closed source solution eventually as well.