Autonomous Golf Cart Project Camera Setup

Software ROS2
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Hello,

I am part of a senior design project in college tasked with designing an autonomous golf cart. We are looking at using Zedx cameras for the vision system. So far from our research, we have concluded we will get 2 Zedx Stereo cameras with the polarized lenses with the 120 degree viewing angle for front and back view, and the Zed x box with the Orin NX 8 gig with RTK. This isn’t set in stone, so we are asking if this equipment would be proper for our project, and if there is anything else we should get. We are planning on using ROS2 to connect everything together. Any tips and help for how we should go about this would be helpful.

Thanks,

Caleb

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Hi @CalebL
Welcome to the Stereolabs community.

This setup is sufficient to handle the process you described, although I would recommend using the Orin NX 16 GB module for improved performance.

Regarding ROS 2 you can use our ZED ROS2 Wrapper and follow the multi-camera and robot integration documentation for a quick start.

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Thank you for the information. For the steering system, we are looking at using a linear actuator to control the turning, as well as using an MCOR control for the throttle. The brake will also use a linear actuator. Will the cameras be able to output information that will directly be able to control these systems? And is all this done in ROS2?

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No, you must design your control nodes.