I don't think I have to add much more in the way of a post. The exploded diagram of the platform at the end of the video says it all.
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I don't think I have to add much more in the way of a post. The exploded diagram of the platform at the end of the video says it all.
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I really do not understand why you are all so delighted with that plastic toy with few fancy gadgets....plenty of solutions like that already...and for less than 1000$
Here is fine example from Croatia
http://www.jazz-copter.com/jazz-ddg-quad/uncategorised/jazz-ddg-quad
" The bottom of the drone also gives a good look at the four 2.4/5 GHz ceramic Wi-Fi antennas, the ultrasonic altitude sensor, and the little downward-pointing camera that uses optic flow for stabilization and speed estimation."
I thought these are gps antennas.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/parrot-be...
Because there was no mentioning of flight time and range i suspect that won't be that great...
I agree with Jack, this is probably GoPro footage with without a gimbal and added shake.
I was trying to figure out how the little camera could possibly have a stabilizer built into it. I believe is it loosely based on the already well established DSLR lens image stabilization. So there would be an active lens element that would move to compensate for the wobble. But of course it will never match a brushless gimbal. Cool product either way.
When will do Pixhawk stable flight like this? Pixhawk very instable in a little wind.
Not to mention, a next version of this will likely have an even BETTER sensor, and give BETTER results. The technology will continue to improve, and others will come out with their own versions over time. I feel the need for full gimbal systems will eventually be limited to very high-end production work, and MOST consumer level, and even hobby level systems will go this route. Solid-state beats out mechanical for simplicity, expense, and weight savings.
Another video showing the additional separate controller.
For what it is, the video is impressive. A little shaky, and a little blurry, but considering the size of this, and knowing how windy it can be at a beach, its not too bad. Not to mention, as was stated above, they can still tweak this between now and release. One thing I wonder is, will the offer software that allows changing of the video angles in post production? So, as example, you fly and are turning your head to see what is going on around you, but the video recorder is taking down the full 180 degree field of view at the same time, so later you can choose the angles you want to use? If that is the case, then I could see lots of uses for this in situations where you only get one shot/fly-over, and can't redo if you didn't get the shot lined up correct.
You have no faith Jack,
Probably why delivery expectation is Christmas, still gives them some time to get it to actually work the way management says it does.
Now all they have to do is get their engineers to agree with them.
No way the example video was from the actual product. It might have been gopro footage that was deliberately shaken a little, to make it look like software stabilization. The actual product is going to be bad, but much more practical than any other solution. Developing a custom camera like that was quite a feat. Between this & all the DJI coverage, the Iris has been noticeably lacking as the go to point & shoot aerial cam for idiots.
Was "Wide-angle 1080P video without distorsion" a dig? Or was it just a spelling error?
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