== 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 {{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4}} 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 {{attachment:Drones.jpg|Drones|width="400"}}{{attachment:quadcoptor.jpg|quadcopter|width="400"}} {{http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2012/07/samarai-drone-lockheed-martin-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg}} 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 === RC Turbine powered jets === http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpctmf7uuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmPD_p3Pz3Q http://www.flixxy.com/366mph-turbine-powered-rc-jet.htm === Companies marketing do-it-yourself drones === IRIS from dyidrones http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/3d-robotics-introduces-iris, 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 === 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 at Berkeley in drones using Parrot: Is tacocopter.com around the corner? 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 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20130416dronelab?utm_source=UC+Berkeley+NewsCenter&utm_campaign=bb763dfc11-NC_Email_List&utm_medium=email The students are doing open source software development for drones Dronelab scripts: https://github.com/davelester/Drone-Lab-Scripts Nodecoptor hacking http://summerofdrones.com/ === Aerial film rig === DSLRPROS http://dslrpros.com/Products/tabid/94/ProductID/68/language/en-US/Default.aspx === Sensefly === Fixed wing 45 minute flight time, 2d mapping http://www.sensefly.com/drones/ebee.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jh4kRatBNkk Pricing: http://www.gizmag.com/sensefly-ebee-uav/25851/ === 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 === Military grade surveillence from cellphone parts === Pentagon’s 1.8 Gigapixel Drone Camera (watch video) http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/06/argus_is_could_the_pentagon_s_1_8_gigapixel_drone_camera_be_used_for_domestic.html === A class in Visual Navigation for Flying Robots === http://vision.in.tum.de/teaching/ss2012/visnav2012 === Related? === Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Prize === 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