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Drones, lights and nature combine in Drone Courtship, a short movie about a magical encounter between two flying robots set in a forest of centennial trees. A collaboration between Atelier D. Schlaepfer and Flyability, and filmed without special…
"Actually, 3D-printing them works quite well !"
We wanted to share a fun video we made recently. Our drones can interact with obstacles and humans, which is opening amazing new applications, be it for accessing hard-to-reach places or for having fun with them. We achieve that through a passively…
"Check out the thesis of André Noth: http://www.asl.ethz.ch/research/asl/skysailor (link to pdf at bottom).
His solar plane flew successfully for 27 hours straight. Tons of great information for you in there !Best,Adrien"
His solar plane flew successfully for 27 hours straight. Tons of great information for you in there !Best,Adrien"
"Ahah, I'm sure GimBall would enjoy meeting its Japanese counter part.
One thing we realized however is that adding a fixed protective cage cannot prevent a crash in many situations, because of the torque that may put the platform in an unstable…"
One thing we realized however is that adding a fixed protective cage cannot prevent a crash in many situations, because of the torque that may put the platform in an unstable…"
"We're turning this technology into a commercial product: www.flyability.com. Don't hesitate to contact us or post here for more info or suggestions ;)"
"Hi Randy,
Thanks for the feedback!
The choice for the focal length of your lens really depends on a lot of things. To name a few:
- Amount of light in the environment. A bigger zoom usually means that the sensor gets less light. In my application, I…"
Thanks for the feedback!
The choice for the focal length of your lens really depends on a lot of things. To name a few:
- Amount of light in the environment. A bigger zoom usually means that the sensor gets less light. In my application, I…"
"@Ruwan: Were you presenting anything flying-related ?
@Geoffrey: Thanks for you comment ;)"
@Geoffrey: Thanks for you comment ;)"
Members of DIY Drones using optical flow sensors, such as the ADNS3080 that is available in the DIYDrones store, or the Centeye vision sensors might be interested in the work I presented last week at ICRA. The method, described in the video above,…
"For a very informative interview of Oscar Schofield from Rutgers University about the autonomous underwater glider, visit the Robots Podcast: http://www.robotspodcast.com/podcast/2010/02/robots-auv-missions-html/"
"Thanks for the answer Geoffrey !
And what about lateral control ? Here I assume that it's the passive stability of the coax that keeps it roughly in the same position (?). Could you use a similar vision-based technique to control the lateral motion…"
And what about lateral control ? Here I assume that it's the passive stability of the coax that keeps it roughly in the same position (?). Could you use a similar vision-based technique to control the lateral motion…"
"Hi Geoffrey,Thanks for sharing! Your work is very interesting. I'm impressed by the stabilization and how it only uses the small vision sensor. No inertial sensor is even required ? I wonder if you have to make assumptions about the environment…"
"Wow, impressive results!
How comes I can't see any optics in front of the sensors actually ?"
How comes I can't see any optics in front of the sensors actually ?"
"Hi,
Thank you for the interesting algorithm, and for all the detailed information given in the comments !
I think the compensation of the centrifugal force is very promising, and I wanted to understand a little bit better how you implemented it…"
Thank you for the interesting algorithm, and for all the detailed information given in the comments !
I think the compensation of the centrifugal force is very promising, and I wanted to understand a little bit better how you implemented it…"
