Donkeycar is an open source platform to convert small scale (remote control) cars into self-driving cars. Donkeycar written in Python and is most often used with a Raspberry Pi and PiCam controlling an RC car by manipulating both steering and throttle.
After re-joining the hackerspacethis year I came across a group who are trying to get a DonkeyCar community going here in Melbourne. The first workshop these guys had run was for the Open Hardware Mini Conference in January and were now expanding to hopefully run a few more sessions on a more regular basis and other events such as race days to pit our DonkeyCars against each other!
I’ve decided to name my car “Basil Faulty” in tribute to Basil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers as I’m sure he’s going to have many faults along the way…
November 12, 2019
Today I’m upgrading my DonkeyCar Basil Faulty to donkey v3.1.0! A number of members of the Hackerspace have got the DonkeyCar training working on Windows (rather than a Linux Virtual Machine) and there have been a number of updates since my last install so what better time to upgrade?
June 08, 2019
I could finally set up the training environment using Ubuntu in VirtualBox on Windows to allow Basil to learn to race around the track in my kitchen!
June 04, 2019
I could finally set up the training environment using Ubuntu in VirtualBox on Windows to allow Basil to learn to race around the track in my kitchen!
May 25, 2019
I tried to set up the training environment using Ubuntu in VirtualBox on Windows to train Basil Faulty the DonkeyCar.
May 21, 2019
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.
May 18, 2019
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.
May 04, 2019
Today I attended a working day to prepare for the build workshop for the DonkeyCars.
