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Drones

This project will explore the limits of small drone (quadcopter, maple seed) observations for environmental and archeological survey and other applications.

Check out A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors and Ars Electronica work

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

and http://kmelrobotics.com/

• Watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk

News

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

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

Companies marketing do-it-yourself drones

http://diydrones.com/

A table of commercial and DIY multicoptors

http://multicopter.org/wiki/Multicopter_Table

Intro to quadcopter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hC_dFAxR7Q

http://www.parallax.com/StoreSearchResults/tabid/768/txtSearch/quadcopter/List/0/SortField/4/ProductID/799/Default.aspx

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Parrot AR drone - streams HD video to your iPhone

http://ardrone2.parrot.com/usa/

http://ardrone2.parrot.com/ardrone-2/hd-camera-720p/

http://forum.parrot.com/ardrone/en/

http://gizmodo.com/5931424/parrot-ar-drone-20-review-your-own-private-predator

Class in drones using Parrot:

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/04/school%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cdrone-lab%E2%80%9D-reimagines-possibilities-uavs?et_cid=3201021&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2fnews%2f2013%2f04%2fschool%25E2%2580%2599s-%25E2%2580%259Cdrone-lab%25E2%2580%259D-reimagines-possibilities-uavs

Dronelab scripts: https://github.com/davelester/Drone-Lab-Scripts

Nodecoptor hacking http://summerofdrones.com/

Research grade copters with instrumentation for survey and sensing (e.g. LIDAR)

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

http://www.height-tech.com/en/home.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hC_dFAxR7Q

• Autonomous Aerial Navigation in Confined Indoor Environments

http://youtu.be/IMSozUpFFkU

https://vision.in.tum.de/_media/spezial/bib/engel12iros.pdf

A class in Visual Navigation for Flying Robots

http://vision.in.tum.de/teaching/ss2012/visnav2012

OK, more fun, lights and mirrors: Quadrotor Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseTX_rW3uM

Add your name here to participate:

• Duncan Carlsmith
• Ayah Almousa
• Ahmed Saif
• Felipe Gutierrez