"Nick is right, this method would perfectly do the job. Is it possible to get this functionality within a few weeks or so? I see this as a must-have for applications in photogrammetry.
Randy: a timed interval is useless as the difference in…"
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3D RoboticsChris Anderson replied to Mark's discussion Scary Flyaway with 3.0.0-rc1 on PX4
"Mark, I can see your post on drones-discuss here. Maybe it was just waiting for moderator approval?"
Arthur Benemann commented on Jared Reabow's blog post DroidPlanner for Android The best missionplanner alternative! Using Mavlink via cheap usb adapter (Follow me - PIDS - ACC calibration - FREE)"@Stephen
When you connect the USB cable with the telemetry module does it pops up a window asking to use droidplanner?
If not you probably have some problem with drivers in you device, then I can't help you because this is very device specific…"
Dwgsparky replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.73 released"Hi
APM 2 software v2.73
If I set "feet" as the units of measure in the planner and then add "distance travelled" to my user items on the HUD is this also measuring feet ? Also are the Loiter, circle and WP radii also…"
Frank Thingelstad replied to Frank Thingelstad's discussion Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy"Hi again!
Today I took apart the casing for the APM just to check the foam inside. It looked good, so I put it together again. I noticed that the four screws on the case was bad, it was only one of them which held it together. Therefore I used…"
Arthur Benemann commented on Arthur Benemann's blog post [Update] DroidPlanner - Ground Control Station for Android devices"@gustavo
You should use the 3DR telemetry kit with it (the Ground/USB modeule with a USB OTG cable)
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Craig Burden commented on Peter Koppendorfer's blog post The NEW KAMKOP 3 Axis Gimbal"Haha, 600 Euros! It will cost close to 700 just to get the gimbal moving. Although the video looks pretty good, I think that is a lot of money"
Jo commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking"Guys, no offence, but HK and Rctimer for the win. I also live in South Africa and invested alot of money in my planes and drones. I have 2 clones now, and 2 originals. The clones work just as good as the real thing. I wish I could buy original all…"
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Scary Flyaway with 3.0.0-rc1 on PX4"I'm not able to post to drones-discuss, my posts never appear"
Mark replied to Yannick's discussion Arducopter V3.0.0 RC Beta Feedback Thread"Battery monitoring doesn't work on the PX4FMU"
leopoldo ojea replied to Asaak's discussion howto setup failsafe APM 2.0 + flysky 9ch er9x & frsky module"I have an issue with APM 2.0 and RTL mode during a failsafe.
I want to by pass the circle mode in order to move from any fly mode to RTL as soon as I have a failsafe event instead of passing through cycle mode..
I could not find the way to do…"
Daniel Allen commented on Peter Koppendorfer's blog post The NEW KAMKOP 3 Axis Gimbal"Wait only 1600g? He probably meant the gimbal + camera. That would be amazingly light otherwise.
Great work! Can you explain why you used 2x Alex Mos boards? Is one for pan stabilizing?"
Mark posted a discussionPX4FMU lit on fire (with pics)
So now that I have your attention, does anyone know how to get Arducopter on the PX4 to monitor the battery voltage on my quad?It doesn't work and my drone crashes when I run out of battery. The settings in Mission Planner make no sense for the PX4. I have the battery connected to pin 5, and If I use the PX4 software stack I can read the battery voltage, however the Arducopter software doesn't see it.I tried posting to the drones-discuss gougle group, but the moderators never approved any of my…See More
John Moore replied to John Moore's discussion John's Crawler Drone Build Thread in the group ArduRover User Group"The largest issue I think is I am located in Washington State where I am surrounded my Large Trees. That said, my Android Phone which I use as my GPS is way more accurate than this with WiFi turned off. It I can see it move around my…"
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The NEW KAMKOP 3 Axis Gimbal
Posted by Peter Koppendorfer on May 22, 2013 at 7:00am 4 Comments 2 Likes
Hello,
This is the NEW KAMKOP 3 Axis BL Gimbal !
First test VIDEO
It is made for NEX 5-7 / GH2-3 Cam Systems
I have used the Alex Mos boards ( 2x ) and RC-Timer motors.
The wight is 1600g incl. Accu and GH2
The kit will cost 600 Euro / exept Motors and controller and…
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VR Copter X6+ VR Direct Drive Gimbal is coming ... the first fly ...
Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 22, 2013 at 3:25am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Dear Friends,
our Flight Teams beta tester star to test a VR Copter Fly Cam configuration. This is the hexa copter used by our beta tester for doing this video :
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Hex demostrated in San Francisco
Posted by Hex Air Robot on May 22, 2013 at 1:30am 2 Comments 5 Likes
The demo day was held at Autodesk.
At HAXLR8R’s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week…
Data Bus mbed baseboards: Tindie Fundraiser
Posted by Bot Thoughts on May 21, 2013 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 4 Likes
Data Bus mbed baseboards are now available on Tindie as a fundraiser! I figured maybe some folks wanted to experiment with their own algorithms and want a head start on their 2014 AVC ground vehicle entry.…
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Thirty Days (#15): Maker Faire Bay Area 2013
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The Ardupilot controlled transducer boat part 2
Posted by Burkhard rieck on May 21, 2013 at 12:00pm 7 Comments 6 Likes
As I already mentioned on the first page, mygoal was to construct a boat that could drive for at least 4 hours without charging while I could catch some fish :-). To reach that goal, my boat should weigh around 4 kg and the capacity of the batteries should be quite high. After a lot of searching in the internet, I…
The Ardupilot controlled transducer boat part 1
Posted by Burkhard rieck on May 21, 2013 at 12:00pm 1 Comment 5 Likes
In this blog I would like to share my experiences with my new project, an autonomous transducer boat, controlled by an Ardupilot.
After a long time of reading blogs, searching parts online and planning, I started my project. My plans are to…
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APM 2.5 from hobbyking
Posted by Hooks on May 21, 2013 at 11:33am 54 Comments 0 Likes
Hmmm Now hobbyking is selling:
ArduPilot Mega V2.5 Flight Controller USB/GYRO/ACC/MAG/BARO
72 USD for the hobbyking APM 2.5…
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Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, ‘Built for the elements’ The movie
‘Built for the elements’ is a non-standard movie filmed in slow motion – 1,200 frames per second – with a high speed Phantom Flex camera. A true technical challenge, it offers stunning images that feature the robustness and the power of the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, definitely a one-of-a-kind quadricopter! The film will premiere May 22 on www.youtube.com/ardrone. The machine faced with the elements Lighting in chiaroscuro, a black set whose boundaries aren’t visible… The scenery is arranged. The singular shapes of the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 appear in a halo of light… Its engines pushed to their maximum, the quadricopter throws itself in a mad dash during which it has to brave the elements rising up in front of it, like water or fire… The extreme slow-motion enabled by the high speed Phantom Flex camera reveal the magical and fascinating spectacle of the sturdiness of the machine, faced with the elements: the flames sucked up by the rotational motion of the propellers; droplets exploding on its blades… The soundtrack, an astonishing metal rock version of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, highlights the beauty of the images and the power of the flying machine. Freeze frame To make such precise images, Parrot used, for the [...]
Russia to test drones to monitor wildlife and track poachers
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Officials say they’ll test unmanned aerial vehicles at a nature reserve on Russia’s Pacific coast this summer to monitor wildlife and crack down on poachers. “UAVs are silent and can fly at a very low altitude to produce high-resolution imagery and detect poachers, their boats and vehicles,” Alexandra Filatkina, deputy director for development at the Kronotsky nature reserve on the Kamchatka Peninsula, told RIA Novosti Friday. Images from the drones will not only spot trails left by poachers’ vehicles but can also spot illegal logging sites and waste dumps, she said. Officials said the drones will greatly reduce the cost of aerial monitoring animals like brown bears, reindeer and snow sheep. Last year, the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve spent more than $32,000 on monitoring brown bears alone, officials said. The drones, which weigh about 5 pounds and have a range of 40 miles, will be equipped with inexpensive cameras capable of taking a photograph every two seconds, Filatkina said. The test at Kronosky will determine whether they can be used in other wildlife sanctuaries across Russia, she said. http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/05/17/Russia-to-test-drones-to-monitor-wildlife-and-track-poachers/UPI-44531368820052/ Bookmark It Hide Sites
DreamHammer Announces First Commercially Available Software that can control any Drone or Robot
SANTA MONICA, Calif – DreamHammer announced the beta launch of its drone control software. Called Ballista®, the software is an intelligent control platform that for the first time integrates unrelated unmanned drones and robots from different manufacturers into one system. Ballista is poised to become the industry standard for drone and robot control software for the multi-billion dollar global unmanned systems industry. “Ballista® is designed to the highest military and safety critical standards but goes beyond military applications to work with all unmanned drones and robots. It is commercial off-the-shelf software, when applied to different industries — for example,transportation, logistics, agriculture, law enforcement, etc. — can be used to link multiple drones into one master system, all controlled by one person,” said Nelson Paez, CEO of DreamHammer. “A drone could be as simple as a farm tractor or as complicated as an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle or a satellite. It can be anything with a computer interface that is leveraging intelligence, technology and diversified control. ”DreamHammer, which had revenues of $6 million in 2012, has been licensing thesoftware and providing support to defense, intelligence, and homeland securitycustomers as well as their industrial base of manufacturers and integrators inadvance of the general [...]
Rocky Mountain AUVSI “Unmanned Aerial Systems – 2013 Annual Symposium”
Date: May 30th, 2013 Proposed Agenda (subject to change) 7:30 – 8:30: Registration 8:30 – 8:45: Opening Remarks 8:45 – 9:30: Keynote Speaker 9:30 – 10:30: Break/Expo 10:30 – 11:15: Presentation 11:15 – 12:00p: Presentation 12:00 – 1:30: Lunch/Expo 1:30 – 5:00 Presentation 5:00 – 7:00: Networking/Expo Where: Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum 7711 East Academy Boulevard Denver, CO 80230 Register now for the Rocky Mountain AUVSI 2013 Annual Symposium. Join us and do some networking! Includes Lunch! There are a limited amount registrations available so please sign up ASAP. Please follow the link below (pay via PayPal). Admission: $65- AUVSI Member $95 – Non-Member $145 – Non-Member (includes AUVSI Membership) Sponsorships: $2,000 – Platinum Corporate (Includes short presentation, primary venue sponsor, name on main banner and advertising. Includes 3 emplyee registrations.) $1,000 – Diamond Corporate (Sponsorships available for: 1) Registration (Lanyards) 2) Beverages (coffee, juice, water) all day. 3) Lunch 4) Networking event. All the above includes a booth 2 emplyee registrations and printed advertisement recognition.) $395 – Gold Exhibitor Participant (Includes 2 emplyee admissions, booths space and attendace to all daily activities) http://www.auvsi.org/Rocky_Mountain_Chapter_of_AUVSI/Home/ Bookmark It Hide Sites
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring
By Rodolfo Quevenco, IAEA Division of Public Information It’s a sight you don’t often see at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna. With a whirr of its 6 rotors and a puff of dust, a remote-controlled vehicle takes off and hovers above the heads of Agency officials and staff, and then flies along a pre-determined path. The cylindrical, clover-shaped aerial vehicle with a mounted camera on board is one of the latest breed of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) – commonly known as “drones” – available today. The demonstration was held as part of a consultancy meeting on the parameters for using UAVs for rapid environmental monitoring held at IAEA headquarters from 14 to 17 May 2013. The consultancy meeting was organized by the IAEA’s Physics Section within the framework of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety. One of the aims of theAction Plan is to ensure the ongoing protection of people and the environment from ionizing radiation by facilitating the use of available expertise and techniques for environmental monitoring. The meeting was attended by environmental mapping and UAV experts from Germany, Japan, Switzerland and the USA to review and evaluate the current state of detector technology and methods, particularly in [...]
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The Indian air force is to evaluate several micro unmanned air systems from around 10 companies in early May ...VIDEO: Eurocopter demonstrates unmanned EC145
Eurocopter has unveiled an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV), based on its EC145 light twin, which has been in development since September 2011.Israeli F-16 downs another Hezbollah UAV
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