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| 1 | +# Rover Quest Book - Winter 2025 (W25) |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## The Great Objective: Autonomous Navigation for the UWRT Rover |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The WATO Rover Team is helping build the autonomous navigation system for the UWRT's [URC 2025](https://urc.marssociety.org/home/requirements-guidelines) rover. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +## Term Objectives Summary |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +The objectives for Winter 2025 focus on integrating UWRT's existing modules with the WATO Monorepo/watod infrastructure, as well as building out the autonomy software using nav2. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +1. **Point Cloud Generator**: |
| 12 | + - Create a point cloud using the IntelRealSense D435 cameras and the RealSense SDK, and publish the point cloud message to Nav2 for Costmap Generation, and localization. |
| 13 | +2. **Object Detection**: |
| 14 | + - Using camera feeds to generate field relative poses for mission-critical objects. |
| 15 | +3. **ArUco Marker Detection**: |
| 16 | + - Using camera feeds to generate field relative poses for ArUco markers. |
| 17 | +4. **Behaviour Tree**: |
| 18 | + - Using the Behaviour Tree to plan the navigation of the rover. |
| 19 | +5. **Nav2 Integration**: |
| 20 | + - Use sensor data from rover to plan and control the rover. |
| 21 | + - Use the rover's odometry to plan and control the rover (costmap, localize, plan, and control). |
| 22 | +6. **Simulation**: |
| 23 | + - Generate rover URDF and TF tree. |
| 24 | + - Gazebo simulation for both the rover and desert environment. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +### Term Objectives and Scoring |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +1. **Point Cloud Generator** |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 31 | +|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 32 | +| 10/10 | Rover is able to reliably generate and publish a point cloud to Nav2. | |
| 33 | +| 5/10 | Rover is able to inreliably generate and publish a point cloud to Nav2. | |
| 34 | +| 0/10 | We were not able to meet the above goals | |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +**Minimum Requirements:** Rover is able to inreliably generate and publish a point cloud to Nav2 for a score above 5/10. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +2. **Object Detection** |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 41 | +|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 42 | +| 10/10 | Rover is able to accurately detect and publish goal pose for Object. | |
| 43 | +| 5/10 | Rover is able to inaccurately detect and publish goal pose for Object. | |
| 44 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +**Minimum Requirements:** Rover is able to inaccurately detect and publish goal pose for Object for a score above 5/10. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +3. **ArUco Marker Detection** |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 51 | +|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 52 | +| 10/10 | Rover is able to accurately detect and publish goal pose for ArUco marker. | |
| 53 | +| 5/10 | Rover is able to inaccurately detect and publish goal pose for ArUco marker. | |
| 54 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +**Minimum Requirements:** Rover is able to inaccurately/unreliably detect ArUco marker but not publish goal pose for a score above 5/10. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +4. **Behaviour Tree** |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 61 | +|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 62 | +| 10/10 | Rover is successfully able to navigate to any goal autonomously. (Object, ArUco, or GNSS Waypoint). | |
| 63 | +| 7/10 | Rover is able to navigate to one of the goals, but is not able to switch between them. | |
| 64 | +| 4/10 | Rover has a basic behaviour tree set up but is not able to navigate to any goal. | |
| 65 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +**Minimum Requirements:**: Rover has a basic behaviour tree set up but is not able to navigate to any goal for a score above 4/10. |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +5. **Nav2 Integration** |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 72 | +|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 73 | +| 10/10 | Rover is achieve all mission goals. Costmap, localization, planning, and control all work together and fully implemented. | |
| 74 | +| 7/10 | Rover is able to navigate to all mission goals, but slowly/slightly illegally. Costmap, localization, planning, and control work together but not fully implemented. | |
| 75 | +| 4/10 | Rover is unable to navigate to all mission goals. One more more aspects of Nav2 not implemented. | |
| 76 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +**Minimum Requirements:** Rover is unable to navigate to all mission goals. One more more aspects of Nav2 not implemented for a score above 4/10. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +6. **Simulation** |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 83 | +|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 84 | +| 10/10 | Accurate Gazebo simulation for both the rover and a desert-like environment. | |
| 85 | +| 7/10 | Accurate simulation for the rover but not the environment. |
| 86 | +| 4/10 | Basic simulation for an example rover with our sensors, but not accurate to our actual rover. | |
| 87 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +**Minimum Requirements:** An accurate simulation of the rover for a score above 7/10. |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +## Scoring Template |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +| Quest Name | Description | Due Date | Score | |
| 94 | +|------------|-------------|----------|-------| |
| 95 | +| Point Cloud Generator | Create a point cloud using the IntelRealSense D435 cameras, and publish that to Nav2 for Costmap Generation, and localization. | 2025-03-31 | | |
| 96 | +| Object Detection | Using camera feeds to generate field relative poses for mission-critical objects. | 2025-03-31 | | |
| 97 | +| ArUco Marker Detection | Using camera feeds to generate field relative poses for ArUco markers. | 2025-03-31 | | |
| 98 | +| Behaviour Tree | Using the Behaviour Tree to plan the navigation of the rover. | 2025-04-25 | | |
| 99 | +| Nav2 Integration | Use sensor data from rover to plan and control the rover. | 2025-04-25 | | |
| 100 | +| Simulation | Create URDF and TF tree for the rover, get Gazebo simulation running. | 2025-03-16 | | |
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