Resources

Get started!

It's not easy to see how to get started, so we provide a few pointers here

• Visit the CAT Vehicle Testbed group, and download or set up your own Virtual Machine to run ROS with the CAT Vehicle simulator. There are a bunch of tutorials on that group page to show how the testbed works right now (and more are coming every week)
• Assemble a team of 3+ students, and find a mentor at your local institution who can help you with technical activities
• Request software from MathWorks to help you follow the tutorials, and in your technical work. https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/catvehiclechallenge.html

Task 1 activities

• Get some context on Task 1 here: http://cps-vo.org/node/31919
• Download and run the Task 1 seed
• Modifying Task 1 Files
• Submitting Task 1
• Validate your Task 1 archive on the CPS-VO
• Visualize Task 1 data in MATLAB

Task 2 activities

• Get some context on Task 2 here: http://cps-vo.org/node/31921
• Download and run the Task 2 seed
• Create and run your custom world file
• Create a launch file for Task 2
• Use Simulink to generate PolygonStamped objects on the /detections topic
• Task 2 archive creation instructions
• Validate your Task 2 archive on your local machine
• Validate your Task 2 archive on the CPS-VO
• Submitting Task 2
• Task 2 minimal solution

Task 3 activities

• Download and run the Task 3 seed
• Stop the vehicle if it gets too far away
• Publish a message if the vehicle has stopped
• Validate your Task 3 detections from a bagfile
• Task 3 archive creation instructions
• Validate your Task 3 archive on your local machine
• Validate your Task 3 archive on the CPS-VO
• Submitting Task 3

Task 4 activities

• Visualize data from the physical platform
• Checklist for the competition Day

Video tutorials

All the tutorials will be produced as videos, so subscribe to this YouTube playlist to be notified of new video tutorials.