Dronecode Weekly Call: January 8, 2019

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Tuesdays 5:30 PM CET, 11:30 AM EST, 8:30 AM PST (subscribe to calendar)

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Meeting ID: 229 568 741
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Agenda:

  • 30min update from projects and working group leads
  • General Q&A

Meeting notes below

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Updates from Project

Every project answers the following questions in 5min max:

  • What did you work last week?
  • What are you working on this week?

Dronecode SDK
Update by @JonasVautherin

  • Auto-generation has been a focus in the last days
  • Python, is now entirely auto-generated and feature complete
  • Swift is manually generated, we are working on the auto-generation
  • Python distribution (packaging) should be the next step.

Avoidance

Update by @jkflying

  • Using a “racing drone” frame, trying to go small and lean, cpu tunning, more robust not crashing
  • Making the avoidance be able to fly faster using only 1 camera
  • Pushing the speed limits we have currently, by a combination of working in the algorithm, plus config of sensors

Flight Testing

Update by @Tony3dr

  • Back from holidays, picking up the PR queue and started daily master testing

QGC

Update by @rroche

  • No update this week.

PX4

Update by @dagar

  • v1.9 will happen once everything is stable
    • NuttX upgrade is still WIP
      • Compressed ROMFS, helps with flash size.
  • Snapdragon is now back working.

Action: Validate fix with flight tests.

MAVLink

  • No update this week.
  • Meeting Minutes from their first meeting of the year.

Messaging
Update by @rroche

  • No Update.

Response to question on a list of flight vehicles available to the flight test team

Flight testing list of vehicles

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@jkflying, your avoidance work seems to be tackling similar requirements as the one done at JPL? I believe they’re presenting a paper at SciTech this week, let me see if I can find it and post it back here.

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Meeting recording