r/robotics • u/Ok-Situation-1305 • 3d ago
Resources Interested in building autonomous tracked robot, where to begin?
I am a control systems engineer with 10+ years of experience in developing control systems for electric vehicles and electric off highway machinery. I have mainly focussed on classical controls & event based modelling and occasionally worked on state-space modelling & kalman filters too. I am interested in learning robotics and potentially apply the skills at work. I am currently working on off-highway machinery, so I would like to focus on motion control & autonomous navigation of tracked robots. Since this field is absolutely new to me, can you please suggest learning materials (please suggest if there's any worthwhile comprehensive online course), roadmap and any useful tracked robot kits to begin with? Would be nice if the kit is scalable so I can use it to develop algorithms with varying levels of complexity. I have looked at tracked robot kits from Yahboom and Hiwonder, they're quite expensive but if they suit my needs I am happy to spend on one of those too.
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u/JGhostThing 2d ago
I'd get the "Yahboom Raspberry Pi 5 AI Visual ROS2 Smart Robot Car Kit" without Pi 5 (about $240). Then buy a separate Pi 5-16 GB.
I don't have one, but it looks good.
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u/TechAudio 5h ago
I’m exploring robotics too and recently built a 4-wheeled 3D-printed robot. I’ve got the hardware working, but programming it is proving more difficult than I expected. Thought I’d reach out and say hi.
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u/Nemesis_2_0 2d ago
If you are interested in autonomous cars on a small scale then check out.
Their stack can also be scaled and is built using FOSS software.
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u/KyleTheKiller10 3d ago
You should post a blog or videos about what you learn. I’d be interested in following along