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Using drones and robotics to lift humanity into the next industrial revolution.


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RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Why the Smart Drone?
"@Gary, I see. However, avian drones are only one type of drone. Land and nautical drones are also a part of this."
Feb 13, 2015
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Why the Smart Drone?
"@Victor, yes we saw the Ubuntu Snappy and are happy that Canonical is taking this step. Thank you for the share!"
Feb 13, 2015
RaptorBird Robotics posted a blog post
‘Smart drones’ are the next frontier for dronesWhy?Robots will dominate and automate all of the dangerous and mundane tasks in the near future. Some of these tasks are already quite cheaply automated in software. From music sales, travel websites,…
Feb 12, 2015
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Next Generation Smart Drone Platform, Pixhawk Compatible
"Dries,
Yes we're improving our market outreach strategy before we launch again.

I'm glad to hear you're interested in trying it out, please fill out our form at http://ravn.raptorbird.com/ and let us know in the comments box that you want to test…"
Dec 14, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Next Generation Smart Drone Platform, Pixhawk Compatible
"Ludwig,
We originally looked to the BeagleBone but chose the RPi due to its larger community support. This makes the development process go over smoothly. You are more than free to use the hardware of your choice."
Dec 14, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Next Generation Smart Drone Platform, Pixhawk Compatible
"Randy, Thank you! This is exactly where we're going with this."
Dec 12, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Next Generation Smart Drone Platform, Pixhawk Compatible
"Be sure to sign up so we can post you on updates.
http://ravn.raptorbird.com/
Thanks"
Dec 12, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Next Generation Smart Drone Platform, Pixhawk Compatible
"Note:
This is a repost, because the original blog was accidently deleted while we were editing. Please continue discussions here. We have all of your previous comments in our email inbox. Your responses are very helpful and we want to continue this…"
Dec 12, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics commented on RaptorBird Robotics's blog post Next Generation Smart Drone Platform, Pixhawk Compatible
"Yes, everything will be open source. We plan to have our software to work on any embedded Linux computer."
Dec 12, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics posted a blog post
Hello, my name is Rakshak and I wanted to share my project, the RAVN, which enables your drone to be easy to program and build autonomous applications for. The reason we're developing the RAVN is because I found programming drones to be a far cry…
Dec 12, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Canadian UAV rules look like a great step forward
"Well this makes a lot of sense! The US needs to follow."
Dec 11, 2014
RaptorBird Robotics replied to Robert Merki's discussion Tell me what pains you about drones/UAVs. (VENT AT ME)
"The difficulty in programming drones. The Pixhawk doesn't have straightforward documentation on programming and other easy platforms are limited to cheap AR Drones."
Dec 2, 2014