Kingfisher M100

ROS Software Maintainer: Clearpath Robotics

Kingfisher M100 is an agile, easy-to-use unmanned surface vehicle (USV), suitable for research and rapid prototyping applications. Kingfisher includes an onboard FitPC2 running our clearpath_base driver node, and a long-range radio modem for communication with other Kingfishers and your base-station equipment.

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Library Overview

• clearpath_base: Provides a driver node which consumes geometry_msgs/Twist messages on the cmd_vel topic and interprets them as movement commands to Kingfisher. This node provides topics with voltage and current status, as well as compass heading.

• clearpath_teleop: Provides a node to translate joy/Joy messages into geometry_msgs/Twist messages, and a roslaunch file with parameters appropriate for Kingfisher.

• clearpath_kingfisher_localization: Provides an outdoor position estimate for Kingfisher, based on GPS and compass data, with RTK if available. Coming soon.

1. Basic Configuration

2. Hardware Drivers and Simulation

3. High-Level Capabilities

Media

• Kingfisher M100 still-water operation

• Onboard view