Posts by Arron Churchill

I am the resident software guru responsible for almost all of the code running Formula Pi.
I also write most of the on-board logic for our boards at PiBorg and the examples provided with them.

My interests in programming cover most things, but I am particularly interested in computer vision and low-level processing code.

Finding the track lanes, Part II

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 22 Aug 2016 - 15:12.
Points found from the lanes

Find out how we go from our lane images to points we can work with

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blog
image-processing
race-code
code
detection

Standard Formula Pi SD card image - Winter 2016

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 18 Aug 2016 - 20:23.

Instructions for how you can setup a standard SD card image for the Winter 2016 Formula Pi series.

For MonsterBorgs follow the Standard Formula Pi SD card image - Monster series guide instead.

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code

Battery endurance

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 18 Aug 2016 - 19:31.
Remaining battery life on a YetiBorg.

How long does a YetiBorg run for? We decided to find out.

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blog
robots
yetiborg

Finding the track lanes, Part I

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 8 Aug 2016 - 14:34.
Track lanes highlighted from the caera image

Find out how we use the camera image to see where the track lanes are.

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blog
image-processing
race-code
code
detection

Detecting traffic

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 4 Aug 2016 - 16:12.
Traffic ahead

Here we explain how the YetiBorg can detect other robots are in front so that it can overtake them.

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blog
image-processing
race-code
code
detection

Robot detection and overtaking tests

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 2 Aug 2016 - 17:54.
Robots racing and overtaking

Here are some videos of our overtaking logic in action

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blog
detection
image-processing
code

How can a robot handle being upside-down?

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 28 Jul 2016 - 17:16.
Upside-down YetiBorg with WiFi

Here we explain how we can handle being flipped over, and how to detect it has happened.

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blog
code
image-processing
detection

Lane assignment

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 26 Jul 2016 - 12:04.
Formula Pi starting grid

More detail on how lanes are assigned during the race

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track_1
layout
rules

Race Code Processing states

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 20 Jul 2016 - 16:27.
Race Code Processing data while racing

A quick description of the modes used by Formula.py for image processing

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race_code
image-processing
race

How can a robot tell it is stuck?

Submitted by Arron Churchill on 18 Jul 2016 - 17:53.
Crashed YetiBorg

Here is how we tell that a YetiBorg has crashed from just the Pi camera image.

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blog
code
image-processing
detection

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