Drones

This project will explore the limits of small drone (quadcopter, maple seed) observations for environmental, agricultural, disaster response, archeological survey and other applications yet to be imagined.

Campus policy on drone use http://universityrelations.wisc.edu/policies-and-guidelines/drone-ua-use-on-campus/

Invocation

Participate in the birth of an $82-billion dollar industry firsthand. http://www.auvsi.org/AUVSI/Resources/EconomicReport

Warm up

Expo http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Drones-Quadrotors-and-more-Unma;Engineering-TV-AerospaceDefense

But don't forget the heat: http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Engineering-IO-What-Advice-Woul;More-Videos-from-Engineering-TV

Small unmanned system business expo 2013 http://susbexpo.com/

A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors and Ars Electronica work

http://www.asctec.de/uav-applications/research/applications/applications-2/swarming/

and http://kmelrobotics.com/

Kilorobots http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewmedia/151/kilobots-part-1/

Bioinspired robots - a robot fly http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpage/204/bioinspired-robotics

Farmers Can Now Get a Birds-Eye View of Their Fields -- In Full HD -- Thanks to New Drone http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130910121517.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Drones quadcopter

Fun flying micro UAVs Watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk

UAV LIDAR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxYt7DkK5A#t=96

News

UW-Whitewater sophomore launches quadcopter company http://www.uww.edu/news/archive/2013-06-quadcopter

Oskosh org AEROINNOVATE, where great ideas take flight http://www.aeroinnovate.org/

http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2012/03/20/208529/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44847461/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/tiny-drone-helps-reveal-ancient-royal-burial-sites/#.ULUWlMjOZD1

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/crazyflie-nano/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/business/domestic-drones-on-patrol.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130318&_r=0

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/Smartphone_app_turns_home_drone_into_spacecraft

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/us/states-vie-to-conduct-drone-tests.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130322

http://iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/10/4/046003/article - Quadcopter control in three-dimensional space using a noninvasive motor imagery-based brain–computer interface

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/robotic-helicopter-team-sets-sights-impossible-mission?et_cid=3400046&et_rid=517740405&type=cta Robotic helicopter team sets sights on impossible mission

Nodes for journalists: a primer on bringing sensor data to the reporter http://www.mentalmunition.com/2013/01/nodes-for-journalists-primer-on.html

Devices and links

=== Robot Dragonfly

http://www.techject.com/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDuvBurbjVU

Maple seed

"Imagine a cheap, tiny, hovering aerial drone capable of being launched with the flick of a person’s wrist and able to provide manipulable 360-degree surveillance views.

It’s real, it’s inspired by maple seeds, and the company behind it, Lockheed Martin, envisions a future in which swarms of the new drones can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and with greater capabilities than drones being used today by the military and other agencies. "

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/maple-seed-drones-will-swarm-the-future.php

http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2012/04/flight-testing-3d-printing?et_cid=3164982&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2farticles%2f2012%2f04%2fflight-testing-3d-printing

NAV

The Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program is developing an extremely small, ultra lightweight air vehicle system (less than 15 centimeters and less than 20 grams) with the potential to perform indoor and outdoor military missions. NAV is exploring novel, flapping wing and other configurations to provide warfighters with unprecedented capability during urban operations.

http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/DSO/Programs/Nano_Air_Vehicle_%28NAV%29.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z78mgfKprdg