One of the early autonomous ground vehicle concepts started with something very basic - a modified RC racecar. We used it as a test platform to explore navigation, communication, and motion control.
We mounted a Pixhawk module to get basic orientation and stability data, just to see how much we could squeeze out of it. With PX4 firmware, we were already able to reach a surprisingly high level of control.
Of course, we knew this wasn’t a final product or anything close to production-ready. But it helped us validate some early ideas and define what kind of components and logic would be needed later on.
After these first tests, it was clear that moving forward would require a lot of custom-built solutions - sensors, control boards, software layers, everything had to be tuned for the actual use case.
