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Dark Star v2

I have lightened the Quad and made the cargo bay bigger. Still need to do landing gear and put the ArduIMU in to control it.

The electronics bay screws on the top.

Here is some pics.

Earl



Very soon for pan and tilt camera. Lots of room.

The electronics bay. It unscrews from the main body.Holds the batteries also.…

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Added by Earl on April 27, 2010 at 4:00pm — 43 Comments

My AGV





You can see my forum post here :http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/gps-libraryish-code?xg_source=activity


Here is all the information on it here :http://letsmakerobots.com/node/18922


Video :…
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Added by Patrick Mccabe on April 27, 2010 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments


3D Robotics 9,000 members!



We hit 9,000 members today, on the same growth trend as we've seen so far this year (adding 1,000 members every two months--we hit…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 27, 2010 at 9:00am — 10 Comments

Video grabber for those that record their wireless video on a notebook

DealExtreme has a new video grabber on their website. The problem for the versions they already sold for some longer was that modern OS's were not always supported because drivers being unavailable. I had a lot of trouble getting my grabber running on windows 7 and ended up making my notebook dualboot Windows XP to be able to use it.



Here is a link to Video Grabber…



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Added by CrashingDutchman on April 27, 2010 at 5:23am — 9 Comments


3D Robotics What our cousins in rocketry are doing



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Added by Chris Anderson on April 27, 2010 at 12:22am — 11 Comments

TEMOR GCS: What do you want to see in a GCS?

APRIL_24_10_1

I am working on a piece of software for a ground control station, names TREMOR. TREMOR has a couple key features:
-cross platform compatibility: built in java, program works on linux machines through a shell script, and executable on windows
-multiple map sources from NASA servers, MS servers, and others.
-immediate location maps…
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Added by Ravi Gaddipati on April 26, 2010 at 8:00pm — 14 Comments

Maker Fair NC

Make Magazine first annual East Coast Maker Faire? was held yesterday in Durham, NC. I made the 3 hour trip from Charlotte by amtrak and brought my daughter along for the experience. It was a good event - some 2000 attendees. The local Arduino club and Aerobatic Robot clubs were well represented, with a laser-cut quad in progress and several Arduino breadboard affairs. There were plenty of Sparkfun objects (LED button squares, pressure sensors etc...) A… Continue

Added by bGatti on April 26, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments


3D Robotics Perching UAV sticks to walls



[From BotJunkie]

Check out this awesome perching UAV, developed by Alexis Lussier…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 26, 2010 at 11:37am — 7 Comments


3D Robotics Tutorial: Connecting other GPS modules to ArduPilot

Although we recommend the uBlox GPS module and adapter we sell in the DIY Drones store, which is solid and easy to set up, ArduPilot can support any GPS module in NMEA… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on April 25, 2010 at 10:30pm — 14 Comments

Prerecorded podcast = no live podcast tonight

Testing out the AR.Drone (see the two orange LEDs floating in the air) in Doug Weibel's backyard—this is the podcast crew.


We recorded a roundtable podcast at Doug Weibel's (one of the main contributors to ArduPilot 2.6) house the night before the SparkFun Electronics Autonomous Vehicle Competition with roughly a dozen people involved. There were a few people who had been previous guests (Bill Premerlani, Jordi… Continue

Added by Tim Trueman on April 25, 2010 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

iPhone controled Quad Teaser


iPhly (an iPhone app to be released soon) may soon control my Quad.
Hope to also have an ArduIMU on board.

QuadIpod.wmv

Added by Earl on April 24, 2010 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments


3D Robotics ArduPilot Mega Updates, updates!

I have several stuff i would like to explain! Let's enumerate them:



1.-The first batch of ArduPilot Mega's may be released this Wednesday 28.



2.- The lasted shield is ready (codename: Foxtrap) and has many advantages compared to the last board, including the Invensense gyros (cheaper… Continue

Added by Jordi Muñoz on April 24, 2010 at 7:00pm — 36 Comments

PhotoSculpt vs PhotoModeler - 3D model test









FrankC on APLanding drew my attention to PhotoSculpt - a low cost 3D modelling programme - http://www.photosculpt.net/ - approx $150. I compared this with PhotoModeler Scanner - http://www.photomodeler.com - $2,695.



The results are shown in this crap video I made (too quickly) and clearly for this application PhotoModeler is superior - by far. But horses for… Continue

Added by Mike on April 23, 2010 at 1:57pm — 8 Comments


3D Robotics Gorgeous Blimpduino build log



IKE is doing an awesome job of documenting his Blimpduino build. Excellent write-up and stunning photographs.…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 23, 2010 at 11:41am — 3 Comments

This week in aerospace

AUTONOMOUS MARCY 2, OCEAN VIEWS, AIPTEK HELL













Back over the golf course to test yet another camera mount.…



















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Added by Jack Crossfire on April 23, 2010 at 11:08am — 8 Comments


3D Robotics Arduino cheat sheet

Can't remember where to find those Arduino pin mappings? Forgot your FTDI wire meanings? You need this handy cheat sheet, which has all the most commonly needed info in one easy-to-print form. Pin it up your workshop wall!…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 23, 2010 at 10:46am — 1 Comment


Developer UAV DevBoard Camera Targetting

This is my first fight with a Sony Webbie mounted on my Twinstar 2 attempting to target a known GPS location on the ground using the gyro information from the UAV DevBoard.



Camera Targeting with UAV…

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Added by Pete Hollands on April 22, 2010 at 6:30pm — 28 Comments

A miniature tricopter



From …
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Added by Jianguo Zhao on April 22, 2010 at 2:54pm — 10 Comments


Developer Team "Death by Pine Tree" renamed (again)

Following on with Chris' humerous submission today, and the bit of storytelling we have been enjoying in recent blog posts, I figured I'd post my latest tale of woe. Hopefully you will find it entertaining!

So, this past Saturday I competed in the SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition using an ArduPilot with 2.6 firmware and ArduIMU. My airframe was the SkyFun from…

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Added by Doug Weibel on April 21, 2010 at 8:16pm — 14 Comments


3D Robotics xkcd is especially good today

I particularly like "Not a resistor. Wire just does this." From…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 21, 2010 at 12:00pm — 19 Comments

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