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UAV control via iPad

Posted by Chris Anderson on April 2, 2010 at 11:34am

Very nice prototype of a iPad UAV groundstation in this RCG thread. Was originally designed for the iPhone but clearly works better on the bigger screen.

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Scott Plunkett April 3, 2010 at 5:57pm

This is an interesting idea...but Gary hit the mail on the head - how does it send and receive data to the UAS...it would have to be via the WiFi or the 3G signal...but I doubt seriously this would work over 3G, so it must be some sort of server side application, then fed over some other broadband, then across the WiFi.
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Chris Anderson April 3, 2010 at 1:49pm

Nope. I don't have an iPad SDK. I'm actually planning another project with the Parrot AR.Drone, which is an add-on Arduino board that allows you to add any sensors you want and use them to control the quad, with the outer loop running on your laptop. Just struggling a bit with the lack of desktop code; there's nothing for Windows or Mac yet (just Android, iPhone and Linux)
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Jason Short April 3, 2010 at 1:34pm

Can't wait to get the Parrot Drone running with the iPad. Chris, Are you flying that combo yet?
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Gary Mortimer April 3, 2010 at 8:50am

How does it speak to the UAS?
Ahmed April 3, 2010 at 6:47am

I think you guys should wait for the HP Slate which will be similar to iPad but running Windows 7. Don't get me wrong, I am an Apple fan ;-)
Theodoric Hrodeber Roland Alia April 2, 2010 at 10:20pm

Wow this looks awesome! As an app dev this is something i would be very interested in. I would be very surprised if this was a free app.
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Chris Anderson April 2, 2010 at 9:38pm

They now have a website. Looks like it's going to be a commercial product (ie, not open source)

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Matt April 2, 2010 at 7:29pm

Now that is a good ground station! It looks so well integrated.

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