December 2010 Blog Posts (11)

The latest US purchase of Raven UAVs was announced:

"AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV)…

In the video, you can '…

This is an incredible video of FPV near doing in NY ...

this is the comment of Chris Anderson about this video :

"The problem is that Trappy, who is actually a very accomplished FPV pilot with many impressive (and usually safe) videos before this one, flew a Zephyr around Manhattan in Class B Restricted Airspace, in the landing patterns of three major airports and far beyond line-of-sight. He also filmed it and sent it to the media, where it…

Dear Friends,

this is my first hack to Ar.Drone. I'm enjoy with Ardrode SDK 1.5 , Build Linux Application for controll Ar.Drone.

• I change battery and use 3S Lipo 2200 ma instead of standard 1000 mah.
• Use my mac with VMWare with Ubuntu Linux 9.04 .
• Connect the drone by adhoc network.
• The Linux application use Ardrone SDK 1.5 .
• I use PS3 Gamepad for control the Drone.
• Recive realtime video by wifi from…

From the description: "The robot is equipped with an IMU, camera, and laser scanner with deflective mirrors. All computations are performed onboard using a 1.6GHz atom processor. The robot is able to navigate autonomously in indoor or outdoor, GPS-denied environments.



A SLAM module with vision based loop closure allows the robot to map large-scale, multi-floor environments.A sparse 3D map is generated on the robot based on sensor data, enabling high-level…