September 2008 Blog Posts (45)

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Small Pilot Project in South Africa using UAS for Medical Sample Delivery

I cam across this information while doing some research today. I thought that this was a very interesting application of small UAS technology. I do not believe that it would be currently viable with the very technical nature of the systems and the skill set required to operate them but still a very interesting concept.



http://www.nhls.ac.za/about_news.html…





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Added by Rory Paul on September 3, 2008 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments

SmallParts.com

SmallParts.com is a pretty handy website for prototype builders - I stumbled across them when looking for nylon fasteners and found lots of other interesting stuff - gears, belts, cables, springs, bearings, shafts, tools, etc. Prices are reasonable, though freight is a bit expensive - it cost $8 to get $15 worth of parts via UPS, but otherwise, no complaints. In any case, the site is worth a visit.

Added by Howard Gordon on September 3, 2008 at 7:10am — No Comments


3D Robotics How to turn a mild-mannered Multiplex foam trainer into an awesome VTOL transformer

Over at RCUniverse, Greg Covey has written a two-part story/tutotial on how he turned a Multiplex Magister foam trainer into a working homage to the Bell/Agusta BA609 Tiltrotor VTOL… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on September 2, 2008 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments


3D Robotics Stanford's autonomous helicopters teach themselves how to fly

Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. The result is an autonomous helicopter than can perform… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on September 1, 2008 at 8:21pm — 8 Comments


3D Robotics Easy datalogging with Arduino

Doing traditional datalogging with Arduino is a pain. It only has 1k of RAM, and half of that is used by the program, so you can't store any significant data in its own memory. Meanwhile, writing to a SD card, as the Adafruit GPS logger does, takes pretty much all of its computational power, leaving little left for useful work. This is not unique to Arduino--it's true for any 8-bit embedded processor. You can add… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on September 1, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

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