Attempting to Train Basil Faulty the DonkeyCar

Basil Wired

I tried to set up the training environment using Ubuntu in VirtualBox on Windows to train Basil Faulty the DonkeyCar.

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Data Gathering for Basil Faulty the DonkeyCar

Basil

I’d got Basil up and running on the workshop day but he was still a normal RC car until I could get him trained up and driving himself. I had a few hiccups trying to gather data using a ps3 controller and while I set up the training environment which I’ve outlined here.

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Building Basil Faulty the DonkeyCar

Group Shot

Building Basil Faulty the DonkeyCar - a remote control car that becomes a self-driving car using machine learning and artificial intelligence to drive itself around my kitchen.

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Soldering the DonkeyCar Hat

All the cars and components

Today I attended a working day to prepare for the build workshop for the DonkeyCars.

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Another Vegepod Update

The pod!

I thought I’d post an update after nearly a year with the vegepod; it’s still exploding but I’ve had to learn to space everything out a little more.

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Building a Smart Parking Demo Model

Smart Parking Setup

A summary of building a model of the future vision for the Smart Parking for Smart Cities project I was a part of for my Computer Science final year project that we presented at the Capstone Expo (CapEx) at Swinburne.

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Building a Smart Parking Server

Node.js

A summary of developing the server using Node.js for my Smart Parking for Smart Cities project I was a part of for my Computer Science final year project that we presented at the Capstone Expo (CapEx) at Swinburne.

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Building a Package Box for the Smart Home

Completed Package Box

As part of my Mechatronoics Engineering Final Year Project I developed a Package Box using RFID tags, a keypad and ESP32s that posties could securely deliver packages to that would interface with the central Smart Home Server.

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Building the Smart Home Server with NodeJS

Node.js

For my Mechatronics Engineering Final Year Project I was part of a 3-person team that developed a modular Smart Home system that used a raspberry pi as the main server with various modules developed using ESP32 (NodeMCUs) that send and recieve data from the main server. This post is an overview of the server but keep an eye out for my next post on the package box system.

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Vegepod Update

3 weeks of growth!

An update after 3 weeks of growth in my vegepod!

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