The @Description gave OA_MARGIN_MAX the meaning of OA_BR_LOOKAHEAD, saying object avoidance "will ignore objects more than this many meters from vehicle". It is the opposite: it is the clearance the vehicle tries to keep. BendyRuler compares the candidate path's computed margin against it and only accepts a path when the clearance exceeds it (AP_OABendyRuler.cpp lines 177, 202, 281 and 303), and Dijkstra passes it to set_fence_margin(). OA_BR_LOOKAHEAD is the parameter that limits how far ahead obstacles are considered. Users have hit this: ArduPilot/ardupilot_wiki#3099 asks which of the two meanings is right, because the wiki correctly documents it as the stand-off distance while the parameter description says the reverse. Also update the two _margin_max member comments, which repeated the same incorrect wording. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
ArduPilot Project
ArduPilot is the most advanced, full-featured, and reliable open source autopilot software available. It has been under development since 2010 by a diverse team of professional engineers, computer scientists, and community contributors. Our autopilot software is capable of controlling almost any vehicle system imaginable, from conventional airplanes, quad planes, multi-rotors, and helicopters to rovers, boats, balance bots, and even submarines. It is continually being expanded to provide support for new emerging vehicle types.
The ArduPilot project is made up of
User Support & Discussion Forums
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Support Forum: https://discuss.ardupilot.org/
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Community Site: https://ardupilot.org
Developer Information
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Github repository: https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot
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Main developer wiki: https://ardupilot.org/dev/
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Developer discussion: https://discuss.ardupilot.org
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Developer chat: https://discord.com/channels/ardupilot
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How To Get Involved
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The ArduPilot project is open source and we encourage participation and code contributions: guidelines for contributors to the ardupilot codebase
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We have an active group of Beta Testers to help us improve our code: release procedures
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Desired Enhancements and Bugs can be posted to the issues list.
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Help other users with log analysis in the support forums
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Improve the wiki and chat with other wiki editors on Discord #documentation
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Maintainers
ArduPilot is comprised of several parts, vehicles and boards. The list below contains the people that regularly contribute to the project and are responsible for reviewing patches on their specific area.
- Andrew Tridgell:
- Vehicle: Plane, AntennaTracker
- Board: Pixhawk, Pixhawk2, PixRacer
- Francisco Ferreira:
- Bug Master
- Grant Morphett:
- Vehicle: Rover
- Willian Galvani:
- Vehicle: Sub
- Board: Navigator
- Michael du Breuil:
- Subsystem: Batteries
- Subsystem: GPS
- Subsystem: Scripting
- Peter Barker:
- Subsystem: DataFlash, Tools
- Randy Mackay:
- Vehicle: Copter, Rover, AntennaTracker
- Siddharth Purohit:
- Subsystem: CAN, Compass
- Board: Cube*
- Tom Pittenger:
- Vehicle: Plane
- Bill Geyer:
- Vehicle: TradHeli
- Emile Castelnuovo:
- Board: VRBrain
- Georgii Staroselskii:
- Board: NavIO
- Gustavo José de Sousa:
- Subsystem: Build system
- Julien Beraud:
- Board: Bebop & Bebop 2
- Leonard Hall:
- Subsystem: Copter attitude control and navigation
- Matt Lawrence:
- Vehicle: 3DR Solo & Solo based vehicles
- Matthias Badaire:
- Subsystem: FRSky
- Mirko Denecke:
- Board: BBBmini, BeagleBone Blue, PocketPilot
- Paul Riseborough:
- Subsystem: AP_NavEKF2
- Subsystem: AP_NavEKF3
- Víctor Mayoral Vilches:
- Board: PXF, Erle-Brain 2, PXFmini
- Amilcar Lucas:
- Subsystem: Marvelmind
- Samuel Tabor:
- Subsystem: Soaring/Gliding
- Henry Wurzburg:
- Subsystem: OSD
- Site: Wiki
- Peter Hall:
- Vehicle: Tailsitters
- Vehicle: Sailboat
- Subsystem: Scripting
- Andy Piper:
- Subsystem: Crossfire
- Subsystem: ESC
- Subsystem: OSD
- Subsystem: SmartAudio
- Alessandro Apostoli:
- Subsystem: Telemetry
- Subsystem: OSD
- Rishabh Singh:
- Subsystem: Avoidance/Proximity
- David Bussenschutt:
- Subsystem: ESP32,AP_HAL_ESP32
- Charles Villard:
- Subsystem: ESP32,AP_HAL_ESP32