eVTOL BSplines

A general repository containing many useful tools for creating BSplines, which are in turn useful for eVTOL robotics applications

Linux Setup

Dependencies Setup

Install the following dependencies libraries using pip

pip install numpy
pip install matplotlib
pip install scipy
pip install pyrsistent
pip install setuptools

This library requires the use of the bspline_generator class, created by David Christensen. This library is available on Github, and currently must be manually pip installed on your local machine. To do this:

Clone the following repository

git clone https://github.com/davidcGIThub/bspline_generator.git

Navigate to the working directory and install it using:

cd bspline_generator
python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
pip install .

Main Repository Setup

In your home directory, clone the eVTOL_BSplines main repository

git clone https://github.com/byu-magicc/eVTOL_BSplines.git

Navigate into the eVTOL_BSplines directory

cd eVTOL_BSplines

Remove old build artifacts and install the package using pip.

rm -rf build dist *.egg-info
pip install -e .

Library Use Guide

At present, the limited functionality of the wrapper repository is contained within the path_generator_simplified file. To access it, import as:

from eVTOL_BSplines.path_generator_simplified import path_generator_simplified

The class path_generator_simplified currently contains just a waypoint generator function. The vision for path_generator_simplified is to contain simplified and wrapped versions of the clunky functions from within the main path_generator repository.