Software for the Project

An Overview of the Various Softwares Employed by this Project

Donkeycar

Donkeycar is an open-source self-driving car platform. It allows hobbyists and raspberry pi enthusiasts to implement self-driving in their RC (remote-controlled) cars without having to mess with the low-level details. Donkeycar has an extensive community working to expand the software and make Donkeycar more accessible.

We chose to use Donkeycar because of its high-level abstraction and ease of experimentation. Donkeycar bridges the gap between the hardware of your car and the machine learning implemented in Python so that the experimenter does not need to worry about writing code.

To learn more about Donkeycar you can visit the Donkeycar website and also read the Donkeycar docs.

Additional Skills and Software

• Python: Basic Programming Skills to Understand Code

  • w3schools tutorial

• UNIX: Familiarity with Command Line Interface and Commands

  • tutorialspoint helpful Unix commands

• Chameleon Cloud: Cloud testbed software

  • Chameleon Docs

  • CHI@Edge: Edge deployment software

    • Chi@Edge Docs

Note: We have reduced the barrier to entry for this project as much as possible.