Developer Builds Autonomous Mapping Robot with Viam Rover, RealSense, Radxa X4; Tutorial Included
chrismatthieu · x · 2026-08-25
Mike Likes Robots shares a low-cost autonomous mapping robot project: using Viam Rover, RealSense D421 depth camera, and Radxa X4 as compute, running ROS 2 and Visual SLAM for GPS/lidar-free indoor mapping and navigation. The post details build process, challenges with encoder noise and calibration, and provides parts list and source code.
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