Vision altitude test

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A somber ceremony begins, as the machine which caused Major Marcy to sever all contact with us is dismantled & returned to its role as an aircraft position tracker.

The construction of an indoor test harness greatly improved matters.


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A single steel wire from floor to ceiling arrested all horizontal movement & allowed us to focus just on altitude hold.




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There you have the 1st successful altitude hold.  This controlled altitude directly & was sloppy.

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Camera mounted on the laser painting turret is tracking it.

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The most successful algorithm controlled climb rate.  The mane factor was update rate of the position.  The camera could update position at 15Hz.



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Focusing on stable takeoff & altitude with cyclic changes should keep our nights occupied.  The real challenge is the horizontal position.

Now video of the vision guided takeoff & altitude control.


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Comments

  • We want to know who the archer chick is!

  • :) ur looks far cleaner than mine, and nice posters ;)
  • LOL. It's funny how u apartment looks a lot like mine. Haha. Good work bro.
  • Did you use the laser in any way or were you just using the camera to track the motion of the samara 'copter?

    Nice work BTW!

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