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The Gatewing X100 at the Saint Malo Mini-Maker Faire

The Gatewing X100 at the Saint Malo Mini-Maker Faire

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.

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MapperBot Charts a Simulated Asteroid at World Maker Faire

MapperBot Charts a Simulated Asteroid at World Maker Faire

Gotham Laboratories will be at World Maker Faire next month to show off MapperBot, a drone that demonstrates mapping an asteroid with a plenoptic camera, which they have mounted on a quadcopter which will circumnavigate a 2-3 meter asteroid mockup and map the surface details in real time.

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