ros-hab-dcs

Robot Operating System (ROS) High Altitude Balloon (HAB) Data Collection System (DCS)

Status: Launched maiden flight

Introduction

This is a system to collect a high altitude balloon dataset utilizing ROS for aerial navigation algorithmic development. The datasets contain downward facing visual imagery, side-facing imagery, IMU, GPS, external barometric pressure, and internal and external temperature. The system is designed to run Ubuntu Mate 20.04LTS with ROS Noetic Ninjemys on a Raspberry Pi 4 and an Arduino Nano.

Installation

Please see the installation guide for how to setup the software packages and run the system: documentation/INSTALLATION.md

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Hardware

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