Valuable Lessons on Autonomous Boats
Testing is crucial. These are my notes from things I learned on today’s autonomous boat tests. Do not program GPS coordinates at 5am! This is critical. The boat went out to the middle of the lake and stopped. It took me several moments to realize it did exactly what I asked it to do. I failed to enter in return coordinates. The shoreline is dynamic. Do not trust Google Maps, even in satellite view, when getting GPS values close to…