Mining drones + auto-discovery with YOLOL
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I once single-handedly destroyed a space-mod by building the first autominer...
And while it was a lot of fun, I still regret that to this day.
From what I can see YOLOL is powerful enough to do certain automation applications and alleviate some monotonous tasks.
I don't think mining should be automated, I only hope we will get some better tools to do so.
An asteroid scanner would be nice for a start, so we don't have to check every single one close up.
And while it was a lot of fun, I still regret that to this day.
From what I can see YOLOL is powerful enough to do certain automation applications and alleviate some monotonous tasks.
I don't think mining should be automated, I only hope we will get some better tools to do so.
An asteroid scanner would be nice for a start, so we don't have to check every single one close up.
YOLOL has a 5Hz clockspeed. Rangefinders have a very limited range. Anything that is beyond 1km from any player will cease operations. We simply do not have the required hardware to make automated mining drones. YOLOL is slow, really fecking slow. It won't be able to react in time to maneuver around an asteroid, or find the exact spot it needs to fire its lasers.
On the other hand, you could theoretically use rangefinders to automatically fire the mining lasers.
On the other hand, you could theoretically use rangefinders to automatically fire the mining lasers.
Maybe a hybrid solution could work. You could have a carrier that goes out with a few small mining ships that are player controlled (since ores cannot be determined by YOLOL). When those players are done mining, they could press a "home" button and the ship would automatically return to the mothership and dock.
With the radio transmitters and receivers, this should be possible as has already been demonstrated with the buses. The only difficult part would be for the mining ships to re-aquire the signal of the mining ship. The receiver would need to be programmed to search for the signal, or would have to be manually pointed in the right direction (defeating much of the point of the auto-pilot).
With the radio transmitters and receivers, this should be possible as has already been demonstrated with the buses. The only difficult part would be for the mining ships to re-aquire the signal of the mining ship. The receiver would need to be programmed to search for the signal, or would have to be manually pointed in the right direction (defeating much of the point of the auto-pilot).
