2 Sep 2026
Why Navigator split into Aker, Skid, and Auto
One chassis tried to be every floor. It was not. The series is the same software kitchen with three honest drives.
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What we are learning at the joint of software and hardware.
18 Aug 2026
Bring-up notes: Nav2 on a custom plate
The stack is not the hard part. Encoders that lie, an IMU that drifts, and a LiDAR mount that flexes — that is the work.
4 Aug 2026
Hardware-in-the-loop without a six-figure bench
We replay bags against the real compute, not a slide. Cheap enough for a lab. Strict enough to catch a bad driver.