Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.
Via DIY Drones comes this video of the Stanford STARMAC (Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent) quadcopters:
STARMAC, the Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent is a testbed of 6 quadrotor helicopter unmanned aerial vehicles that fly indoors and outdoors to experiment with autonomous agent algorithms. This video presents an overview of the control system, the vehicle capabilities, and the experimental applications for the testbed. Results of many experimental flights are shown, along with some fun flight results that push the limits of what the vehicles should be able to handle.
I’m in the process of building a quadcopter right now and if you know what to google for you will find tons of quad rotor projects: http://dion.swamp.dk/mk.html
I’m building a MikroKopter which is a simple and relatively cheap german design that allows you to do everything yourself, but Draganfly sells ready to fly models as well…
Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.
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I’m in the process of building a quadcopter right now and if you know what to google for you will find tons of quad rotor projects: http://dion.swamp.dk/mk.html
I’m building a MikroKopter which is a simple and relatively cheap german design that allows you to do everything yourself, but Draganfly sells ready to fly models as well…