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I've started coding my own Autopilot in Ruby over the last few days. It's designed to be highly modular and portable, and is able to run on the Gumstix platform as well as a standard PC. Input and output modules can be swapped out with others for…
"I definitely wouldn't trust a 100% ANN autopilot to fly my UAV (yet). The uncertainty of what kind of maneuver that the ANN might execute is a bit scary to me. Crashing the UAV is pretty much the last thing I want to do. However, they are an…"
"What kind of GPS device are you using? Is it connected via USB to your laptop? The USB drivers for my handheld GPS emulates a serial port so it's pretty easy to write software that talks to it. Sounds like what you're looking for might need to be…"
"Hey guys! I'm working on a high-altitude glider consisting of mostly off-the-shelf hardware. In a nutshell, the glider is carried to near space (65,000ft+) by a weather balloon where it cuts free and begins it's descent. Then it begins to…"
