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The news release said, "CEO Mark Fields said a goal is to set up a system, for example, where a United Nations emergency worker could launch a drone from an F-150 to survey a disaster scene.
“A drone will actually have the coordinates and be able to then land back into the bed of the F-150, even though it’s in another location,” Fields told WWJ Auto Beat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.
The rapidly deployable surveying system ideally would work like this: A response team would drive an F-150 as far as possible into an emergency zone caused by an earthquake or tsunami. Using the Ford SYNC touch screen, the driver could identify a target area and launch a drone through an app
. The drone would follow a flight path over the zone, capturing video and creating a map of survivors with associated close-up pictures of each.
Using the driver’s smartphone, the F-150 would establish a real-time link between the drone, the truck and the cloud, so vehicle data can be shared. Data will be relayed to the drone so the driver can continue to a new destination, and the drone will catch up and dock with the truck."
Anybody interested in working on this challenge?
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I have to reprogram to standard telemetry. Can't get the Craft & Theory script to work with ArduCopter.
I made some progress. :) The controls would need to be a bit more aggressive to land on a moving vehicle.
Should make it easier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEx3T_4SYUo
Another stupid challenge to make hundreds of smart drone operators
to try to land his/her drone on top of a truck/ bus tommorrow to win $$$
The 'challenge' has probably already been won.
Consider these factors;
- the number of F150 utes manufactured
- the number of DJI controlled machines ever flown
- the number of DJI controlled machines flown away (i.e. must surely count as autonomous)
From a FPV perspective.... permission has been granted by the owner to share this video with the DIYD membership. Filmed in ArnhemLand in remote northern Australia (which is most definitely Toyota country).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edvlpIT9r-w
I win M$ hype challenges world-wide
but has never received a single Cent.
Challenge is already closed and the winner lives in the Switzerland.
I have contacted him to arrange for a test drive with his self-driving ETOS car
coming with personal drone, offering exactly what is sought by CEO Mark Fields.
So I preferred $10 - $100 real money small assignments
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"My current findings: soft iron effects galore is all I have to say.... especially on the GMC truck bed."
Shouldn't be a problem in a 2016 Ford as they're built out of recycled aluminum cans and modified corn starch now. :)
Been playing with this idea on my Titan and our shop's GMC as I'm lazy lugging equipment around nowadays.
Aside from ground effects of a truck bed (more difficult than one thinks), take off and landing is all about calibration... much like boats [already in the water]. Open loop comes to mind.
My current findings: soft iron effects galore is all I have to say.... especially on the GMC truck bed.
In the end, Matrice's going to need truck mounted cameras (hence why even use a Matrice), not going to happen reliably/repeat-ably with on-board stuff. Idealize what it takes to fly in a forrest fire for instance. 1st responders never encounter clear sky, zero wind days.
As for speeds, FPV, pilot vs computer and guidance... a coworker of mine had already identified the requirements.
What is the top speed?
Now the post is getting interesting. I like the DIY spirit. l would throw in some clams to sweeten the pot. Might be interesting to see at what top speed an FPV pilot, flying from the passenger seat, could land on/in a moving vehicle, just for fun. Human guided vs. computer guided.
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