Computer Vision News 18 of the libraries to be really lightweight,” he reveals. “We transmitted only the data we needed, and most of the computation was done on the different agents. Each one was independent and able to carry out its own task without having to rely on information that could be disrupted by the Wi-Fi signal, which was not very good, and stop the movement of the robots.” Despite their achievements, Simone recalls initial hurdles in developing navigation algorithms from scratch, which made it challenging to design functions like obstacle avoidance and path planning. They switched to ROS-integrated control algorithms to solve this, which worked well. Away from competitions, Simone’s core research focuses on autonomous vehicles and vehicleinfrastructure cooperation, and he is part of a team that performs agricultural robotics. Looking ahead, he is already gearing up for the next round of the competition in October. “Now, we’re starting our new round of development,” he declares. “We still have some ideas on how to improve the robots on the detection part, the navigation, and the controller, particularly on the drone side. We have a new team starting to work on all those aspects to improve the solution for the new round in October!” Robotic Drone Contest
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