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Gender

Male


Location

Glenolden, PA


About Me:

Undergrad at US Naval Academy studying controls engineering with a concentration in autonomous aerial vehicles


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Currently working on a project to control stability and flight of an indoor micro helicopter (Coax) using optical flow sensors.


Hometown:

Glenolden, Pennsylvania


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Michael DiDonato commented on Michael DiDonato's blog post Coaxial Autonomous Landing on a moving platform via Optical Flow
"@Kenneth, this is the method I am currently employing to hold my position over ground. The reason this works is because I have limited my conditions to a flat, still surface over which the helicopter hovers. That way, the magnitude of displacement…"
Sep 29, 2011
Michael DiDonato posted a blog post
Hey everyone, I've been trying to tackle the issue of autonomous landing for a little while now, specifically restrained to optical flow techniques. I have hit a roadblock and wanted to see if anyone on here could shed some advice on the…
Sep 28, 2011
Michael DiDonato posted a discussion
I am currently undertaking an undergraduate UAV project at the Naval Academy in which I have been tasked to build and implement a sensor onboard a small indoor helicopter. I am using optical flow to direct my research, since it seems to be widely…
Feb 28, 2011