Sunday, September 16, 2012

Working hard, or hardly working?

We are at the Koffler Scientific Reserve at Joker's Hill (part of the University of Toronto), which is 25 km North of UTIAS near Newmarket.  Tonight we'll be gathering our first full-dark-navigation dataset (star tracker plus scanning lidar for in-the-dark visual odometry) and this venue is far enough out of the city that we can see the stars at night.  Of course, the pond, dock, gazebo, and beautiful surroundings don't hurt either.  It's going to be a long night but should be worth it.