Setting Up and Calibrating the Autonomous Viam Rover
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Before the Viam Rover can move autonomously, and hence map and navigate reliably, its control system needs accurate encoder measurements and benefits from a motor lookup table. This guide shows how to install the remaining rover software, calibrate both wheels, and generate that lookup table. At the end, the rover will be ready for mapping and navigation, although I'll save that process for a future post so as to give it more focus.
These instructions are available in less detail from the README of the GitHub repository. There is also more information on the Viam Rover project in my previous blog post, Autonomously Mapping with Visual SLAM.