About

Gender

Male


Location

ON


About Me:

Nerd, computational perception enthusiast, roboticist, DIY'er


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

My master thesis was on UAV autonomy, and ever since I have been fascinated by the practical deployment of UAV technologies to solve real problems.


Hometown:

Waterloo


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Yan Ma posted a discussion
Hey guys,I've been working on a little project and just want to get your thoughts on it. It's called Vertical Speed and it's an AR racing game for DJI drones.http://vertical.ai/speed/Only has one course right now and my personal best time is 50…
May 17, 2016
Yan Ma replied to Yan Ma's discussion Visual Tracking Gimbal Control
"Guys I totally forgot to follow up the thread, a year and half later, this is what we came up with!
Thanks guys for your support. Without your initial feedback we wouldn't have gone through with it!

Yan"
May 1, 2016
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"@Dries, Thanks! The integration with 3DR X8 is expected to be quite straight forward, as it shares the same autopilot as the IRIS+. The instructions is expected to come out in weeks."
Feb 25, 2015
Yan Ma replied to Yan Ma's discussion Visual Tracking Gimbal Control
"Fantastic use case! Would love to see some example footage of that. What drones do you use for anti-poaching purposes? Fixed wings or copters? Feel free to message me and we would love to hear more about how we can help with the cause! "
Feb 25, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"@Jerry, light-field sensor will be so badass. Technically, one can strap a Lytro unit on a drone, and use our SHIFT camera for tracking purposes. Then you can capture footages at varying depth of field! 
We are using a single camera, and yes we…"
Feb 24, 2015
Yan Ma replied to Yan Ma's discussion Visual Tracking Gimbal Control
"Hey Guys, we just got covered by TechCrunch! Wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback we got from you all.

Please feel free to reach out to us and we'll love to hear what you think of the SHIFT and how we can improve!"
Feb 24, 2015
Yan Ma replied to Yan Ma's discussion Visual Tracking Gimbal Control
"Thanks Graham for the love! Hearing that this product solves your problem warms my heart :)"
Feb 24, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"@John, oh that made my day :) Yeah we are all drone enthusiasts and expected these questions to come along regarding our product. 
Great point! A general platform for app development has been mentioned quite a few times in the past, we're really…"
Feb 24, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"Hey @Euan and @Klaus, thanks for these great questions!  
The SHIFT kit will actually work with any drone with PPM RC input. For 3DR IRIS and DJI Phantom (Vision/Vision 2+), the integration will be fully documented and will work out of the box with…"
Feb 24, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"@Julien haha thank you so much! I think HexoPlus is a great product, especially for action sports enthusiasts.

Our product is targeted toward cinematographers that need creative control over shot framing and camera angles, and we enable users to…"
Feb 24, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"@Crispin thanks! Super rewarding to hear that."
Feb 23, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"Hi Jonathan,

Yes! There is a WiFi connection to a phone or a tablet for camera control.


Essentially your tablet/phone will act as a smart FPV kit that allows camera control using the touch interface. Our current prototype streams video from the…"
Feb 23, 2015
Yan Ma replied to Yan Ma's discussion Visual Tracking Gimbal Control
"Hey guys,

Thanks to your awesome feedback from you guys about our work on vision-based tracking and intelligence for drones, we improved our algorithms and packaged them into a feature-rich product for aerial film-makers, and we’re pretty excited…"
Feb 23, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"Hey Daniel, actually it didn't do redetection, sorry for the confusion.
The point of that clip was to show how easy it is to reinitiate tracking. But yes, global redetection and prediction via motion model of an tracked object are in the works!"
Feb 23, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"@vis.asta, super cool! I'm so jealous of your drone. Are you doing processing onboard? "
Feb 23, 2015
Yan Ma commented on Yan Ma's blog post Vision based upgrade for Aerial filmmakers
"Hey Daniel,
Thanks for dropping by! If the gimbal happens to be 3 axis, we can definitely control the gimbal only, and we have done that on a DYS 3 axis gimbal on a DJI Phantom before. Our 3DR prototype only had a Tarot 2 axis gimbal, so we had to…"
Feb 23, 2015
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