It looks like these guys are on the verge of a great new product, which is compatible with ArduCopter-based vehicles such as the PocketDrone and the 3DR platforms such as Iris. My guess is they are using image processing to track the subject and then command the multi-copter to follow. I wonder how long till they hit the market? Any ideas on how they get this to work on multiple platforms? Very impressive!
Jeff
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@ Jeff G,
If you need a system ready to use that follow the scene by copter as in your presentation visit us at Makafaire in california you can see the technology in action ... That's the reason because our team found and solve the problem on folow me system ....
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Roberto
Jack,
There is a one minute video that loops on the nextlevel website, but I am not sure it is any more convincing.
Jeff
for some reason this feels like its still in a "vaporware" stage :(
No answers are provided for any of the many questions that plague any system like this. What device is doing the image processing? what is transmitting and receiving the video signals?
I want to be hopeful, however having recently worked on a similar concept with the late Falkor systems, there are a lot of super intense problems that have to be fixed to get a follow me system working "crash proof"
It's a 10 second video of nothing. No-one has gotten the autonomous camera concept to work really well. They traditionally use a GPS module worn by the subject, but GPS can't frame the subject closely enough. The latest uBlox-7 combined with blob detection on a beagle board might be good enough.
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