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using iphone as autopilot

Started this discussion. Last reply by christian mulder Sep 18, 2009. 4 Replies

since the jesusphone has onboard motion sensors , camera and audio output that should be able to generate a ppm stream and a data tx/ rx all in one has anyone already wrote software to use one as…Continue

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"Three Laws of Robotics; 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A…"
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christian mulder replied to christian mulder's discussion using iphone as autopilot
"since it does not require any hardware change on the iphone and only a audio cable the only thing i can loose is time and even if your right i will learn:) btw i am not sure if the iphone uses accelerometers since so far it keeps it reference. And i…"
Sep 18, 2009

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Chris Anderson replied to christian mulder's discussion using iphone as autopilot
"Trust me, you can't make an accelerometer-only autopilot. But if you want to learn the hard way, go ahead ;-) The only way this could work would be on an inherently stable aircraft (polyhedral glider, for instance). In which case you…"
Sep 18, 2009
christian mulder replied to christian mulder's discussion using iphone as autopilot
"i read yoru info and while it probbaly was valid at the time with the then current soft and hardware i wonder if the advances in technology would make it posible now. I don't know what sensors the iphone uses but while playing / walkinjg ect…"
Sep 18, 2009

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Chris Anderson replied to christian mulder's discussion using iphone as autopilot
"This comes up pretty often here, and indeed the same thought what was got me into this field three years ago. Suffice to say I've learned a lot since. You can't make an autopilot with accelerometers alone (here's why). The other…"
Sep 18, 2009
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using iphone as autopilot

since the jesusphone has onboard motion sensors , camera and audio output that should be able to generate a ppm stream and a data tx/ rx all in one has anyone already wrote software to use one as autopilot?
Sep 18, 2009

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