README.md

Donkey: a self driving library and control platform for small scale DIY vehicles.

Donkey is minimalist and modular self driving library written in Python. It is developed for hobbiests with a focus on allowing fast experimentation and easy community contributions.

Use Donkey if you want to:

• Quickly build your own self driving RC car. (~$200 + 4hrs).
• Use existing autopilots to drive your car.
• Use community datasets to create, improve and test autopilots that other people can use.

Features:

• Data logging of image, steering angle, & throttle outputs.
• Wifi car controls (a virtual joystic).
• Community contributed driving data and autopilots.
• Hardware CAD designs for optional upgrades.

Drive your car

Once you have built your car and it's connected to the same wifi as your computer.

1. Open a terminal and clone the donkey repo: git clone https://github.com/wroscoe/donkey
2. Start the default pilot server using docker: bash start-server.py
3. Open a new terminal and find your car's Raspberry Pi's IP address: python scripts/find_car.py
4. SSH to your car's Raspberry Pi: ssh pi@<your pi's ip address> (default password = raspberry)
5. Start your car's driver loop: python scripts/drive.py --remote http://<your computers ip address>:8887
6. Turn on your car.
7. Go to <your_pilot_server_ip>:8887 on your phone or computer to start driving your car.