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About Me:

Robotics (FIRST, BEST, IGVC, IARC and Urban)


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

alynch.org


Hometown:

Houston, TX


Activity Feed

Andrew Lynch commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post LiDAR for $7999!
"This is an amazing price point given the starting point of velodyne.  
I could see airplanes installing these as a way to avoid other aircraft.  "
Sep 3, 2014
Andrew Lynch commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post The Next Decade of American Airspace with Chris Anderson
"this video needs to go viral,  it would really help clear up the mass confusion about drones "
Oct 22, 2013
Andrew Lynch commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 3D Robotics Announces $30 Million Series B Financing
"market Iris as the go to  xmas gift for adult males .... ? "
Sep 27, 2013
Andrew Lynch commented on Kevin Hester's blog post Please do three small things to help create drones.stackexchange.com
"a robotics stack exchange is in beta now and its still trying to get up the proper numbers.  
I think forming a drones stack exchange will see similar issues.  Why not just put all the effort into one robotics/drones/RC community on stack exchange "
Jun 3, 2013
Andrew Lynch commented on IKE's blog post Flying Robots Cooperate, Throw and Catch Balls
"Experiments must reduce the environment factors to properly measure a variable.  ETH Zurich is using vicon to simplify their research problem.   Many of these researchers are also testing outdoor experiments and soon we will see the transfer of…"
Sep 28, 2012
Andrew Lynch commented on Christian - CheapDrones.com's blog post Cheap Drones Opens today!
"Its great to see more efforts to sell UAV equipment online.  Has anyone put together a list of vendors who sell UAV equipment for hobbyist ? "
Jul 11, 2012
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Massimo Banzi on the power of open source hardware
"Thanks for sharing.  I'm impressed with how fluid and introductory Banzi made this talk.  Someone with almost no tech knowledge can understand his topic easily.  "
Jul 5, 2012
Andrew Lynch commented on ct's blog post DIY Drone Summer Camp
"I would look to the FIRST Robotics teams as a good outlet to spread the workshop. 
For example, as a FRC mentor, I would be happy to lead a workshop for students in Houston.   "
Dec 7, 2011
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post AR.Drone + Android + LEGO Mindstorms NXT = bliss
"thanks for sharing Chris,   I should have checked HiTechnic's site before making any requests for sensors.    It sounds like RoboCup Jr.  is starting to enter the multi-robot communication between Lego NXT robots.  Look forward to seeing new…"
Aug 23, 2011
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post AR.Drone + Android + LEGO Mindstorms NXT = bliss
"I think its about time that someone makes a directional IR communication sensor for lego to enable multi-robot behaviors between NXT robots.  The E-puck, R-one, Khepra , and SwarmBot are all consider multi-robot due to this capability. If NXT and…"
Aug 23, 2011
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post MAKE Magazine's RC issue
"I read the issue, it was much better than previous issues. The lawnmower article was nice to see especially with the attention to electronics and motor control."
May 3, 2010
Andrew Lynch commented on Lew Payne's blog post STMicro IMU Development Platform
"Phillips LPC and Texas Instruments offers an even cheaper Cortex M3. I've used the 8962 frrom Texas Instruments with the orcboard.org , I believe MIT & uMich also use these OrcBoards (cortex M3) for their Robot Lab courses."
May 3, 2010
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Meetup with DIY Drones folks this week
"FIRST is a great audience for DIYDrones . I wish I had time to attend the event. I'll try to catch a few minutes of the competition through webcast. ( robotics.nasa.gov )"
Apr 14, 2010
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Keanu Reeves does a FIRST Robotics promo!
"FIRST is an amazing experience , I encourage many to participate or mentor. You will learn a tremendous amount in only 6 weeks time. Find a team nearby your area - http://usfirst.org/whatsgoingon.aspx

FIRST is a 5 foot tall / 120 robot, micro-mouse…"
Jan 6, 2010
Andrew Lynch commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Boston Dynamics does it again--closest thing to human walking. Wow.
"I want to see PETMAN Walk the Big Dog !"
Oct 26, 2009
Andrew Lynch commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post AscTec Falcon 8
"These guys also made the vehicle that MIT used to win the 2009 IARC competition.
http://www.asctec.de/main/index.php?id=97002&lang=en&cat=pro

They are the same people who came up with the X-ufo design and constantly inventing different type of…"
Oct 26, 2009
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