Sergei Takes his Robot for a Walk
Sergei Lupashin demonstrates his tethered robot fotokite at the Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference in New York City.
Sergei Lupashin demonstrates his tethered robot fotokite at the Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference in New York City.
The Trimble Gatewing X100 drone was drawing a lot of attention at Saint Malo Mini-Maker Faire. Capable of autonomous operation—all the way from launch through to its landing—the drone it’s designed to map terrain it’s overflying.
The first day of the Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference in NYC was a big success. Check out a summary of the proceedings.
Next week, the first Drone & Aerial Robotics Conference (DARC) will be held in New York City from Oct. 11-13. The agenda is packed full of interesting speakers and panel discussions, demonstrations, and networking opportunities
The Scout Transatlantic project has broken the world record for the furthest distance traveled by an autonomous unmanned boat, and it is just getting started.
AeroQuad is a quadcopter project that freely shares its software and hardware, and is controlled by an Arduino Uno or Mega, or alternatively, AeroQuad’s STM32-based flight control board which packs a magnetometer, gyroscope and accelerometer.
Interaction designer Jasper van Loenen created a kit for turning everyday objects into drones. He 3D printed clamping mounts for four motors and an enclosure for all the electronics (4 ESCs, a receiver, bluetooth module, and OpenPilot CC3D control board). By clamping the kit to, say, a bike wheel, you can turn it into a drone!