Have to share this with you...
sorry for the late info... happened allready in september 2012...
but better now then never :-)
UPDATE:
Hi all,
there is more back groundinfo http://www.aec.at/futurelab/en/referenzen/kategorie/kunst-am-bau/sp... (thanks Joshua!)
quick answer to some questions right away:
1) it's hummingbirds (Asctech http://www.asctec.de/uav-applications/research/products/asctec-humm...)
2) pure GPS and a very stable Autopilot (standard-Hummingbird with some minor tweaks)
3) communication: liard-modules 2,4GHz (telemetry and light)
communication protocols will change in the future, since the bandwidth at the time of the recording is fully used by this "alpha protocol" we've used there...
4) collision detection has been done on ground control (laptop) - no extra sensors/intelligence on board
5) we had to add some functionality to the hummingbirds - but auto-pilot and stability is "of the shelf" from Ascending (who's support was invaluable... big HUG to Daniel and his team @ Ascending!!)
I'll give a more detailed talk next week in Oslo (at the OLSO LUX-Festival)...
and we're (hopefully) flying a "version2" show in Australia this Summer - I'll keep you informed!
best regards!
bye
-h-
...and a bit more of a making of
from 3d-max to Spaxels (space picture elements)
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Comment by Chris Lovett on January 27, 2013 at 5:03pm -
um, holy cow, wow!!
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Comment by Mauricio on January 27, 2013 at 5:19pm
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well, now we can explain some UFO sightings.... :-)
really cool!
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Comment by Earl on January 27, 2013 at 5:20pm -
What a GREAT UFO triskter gadget !
Earl
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Comment by Matt Williamson on January 27, 2013 at 7:03pm -
How the heck did you coordinate them? i.e. collision avoidance. gps doesn't seem accurate enough for this.
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3D Robotics Comment by Joshua Ott on January 27, 2013 at 7:19pm -
Matt, I think they used mavlink to communicate with each other and maintain separation. There was a thread about this when it came out, let me look around for a second and try to find some links.
It's mesmerizing artwork, indeed!
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3D Robotics Comment by Joshua Ott on January 27, 2013 at 7:21pm
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3D Robotics Comment by Joshua Ott on January 27, 2013 at 7:26pm -
There would be a ground command station (flight control) that communicated with each individual drone. They would all be constantly sending data about their current position, and flight control would react in real time to deviations from the ideal course. Each movement is thus specified by this server and all sequences of movements continuously checked to prevent collisions. If need be, the server could intervene to correct a flight path, recalculate all position data, send this revised data to all individual drones, etc.
-From the link above
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Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on January 27, 2013 at 10:58pm -
This was posted at the time folks...
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Assistant Admin Comment by Joshua Johnson on January 27, 2013 at 11:25pm -
Ohhhh myyyy goshhhh. I'm currently into glider planes, I think you just made me fall in love with quads...
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Developer Comment by leonardthall on January 28, 2013 at 2:02am -
I think our land is better :)
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