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"Domestic drones aren't violating privacy laws": Stanford legal expert
Fast Company article on drones used by Hollywood
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Jonathan Lederer commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Fast Company article on drones used by Hollywood'
very interesting.  quick and very important question:  which part is the "that's not true" referring to, that the letter warning los angeles area operators will be prosecuted or that there are, in fact, regulations for…
Al W replied to Brandon's discussion 'Arducopter for sale RTF'
Did you build it yourself or buy it from a kit? I am just concerned about the compatibility of replacement parts. Thanks!
Andrew Fernie replied to Steve Warren's discussion 'How to download the manual?'
It won't dump the site, but try Evernote. You can right click on a page and it will put it into a database that can be accessed from a variety of platforms, and if you have multiple PCs they will be kept in sync. I keep the main reference pages…
Cliff-E commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post 'jDrones ArduCopter Goes Color...'
What is that I see? Carbon fiber plates!? About time, good to get off the original plates, they flexed way too much. Most of my V1 JD is already converted to a DIY setup from all the mishaps of stunt flying ;) Good job Jani.
Ardu Copter Hex Build Day 12.wmv
Attempting to offer up some help on the "What the hell is the 1,2,3,4,7 and 8 and where did 5 and 6 go" question of the build.
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Mark Colwell commented on Adam Rivera's blog post 'Introducing Nemesis: APM powered octo platform'
Adam congrats on your new baby and cool Video tracking code release I missed your threads, I have followed OpenTLD and it has been ported well to C, C++  Your tracker works very well too. You use your Mac PowerBook to run VS 2010!…
No Mavlink connection
I received my APM2 yesterday. After a USB cable problem that have been resolved I've got another problem today.Yesterday I was able to upload firmware and view sensors in mission planner.A few hours ago I managed to power the board using output 5v bus (jp1 on) everything seems to be ok.But now I can't connect to the board.In mission planner :MAVLink readpacket read error: Le délai d'attente de l'opération a expiré.Mavlink Bad Packet (crc fail) len 0 crc 65535 pkno 0When trying terminal mode no…See More
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John Church commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post 'jDrones ArduCopter Goes Color...'
Yeah, I know where you're coming from, and sorry to pester on this. I do realize that JD is far from the first to do any sandwiching- the plate/sheet sandwich has been a staple of prototyping for ages. Personally, I don't have any JD…
Jack Crossfire commented on swordfishBob's blog post 'Flying Bots Spot Paradrop Targets With Hacked AR Code Makezine: flying bots spot-drop'
They got a DARPA grant to download OpenCV?
Chris Pitts replied to Alexander's discussion 'Problems with APM and Raptor 50'
Good deal. Is there any scaling to be done on the pitch and roll values likewise?  Sounds like you know quite a bit about the guts of the code. I've only spent an hour or so looking at this particular issue, so I'll defer to you for…
How to download the manual?
Hi - just starting with arducopter and reading the manual here:http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/ArduCopter?tm=6 Is there a way to download this for offline viewing? I fly a lot and I'd like to read on the plane. ThanksSee More
Discussion posted by Steve Warren
Robert Lefebvre replied to Alexander's discussion 'Problems with APM and Raptor 50'
Well, diving in head-first, that's what this open source thing is all about.  We can't all just sit around waiting for the main guys to do everything. That's how I helped fix the swash plate setup.  I dove in, figured out…
Robert Lefebvre commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Hunters shoot down Mikrokopter used by animal rights group to film pigeon shoot'
I'm not really sure how a drone, in this case a somewhat large black object that sounds like a swarm of 10,000 bees can be considered spying.  It's not exactly discrete. I do agree that at some point something is going to have to be…
Juan Soler commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post 'jDrones ArduCopter Goes Color...'
There is a great deal of history behind my comment.  None of which you are familiar with. You think JD is the first to come up with two sandwiched pieces of sheet? Go to RCGroups and you will discover how old the design is.  Agree…
Sgt Ric commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Hunters shoot down Mikrokopter used by animal rights group to film pigeon shoot'
Right, I get what you mean.
bret replied to Dusty Starbucks's discussion 'Back in the Air'
Any worry about the heat under the dome, or is there enough airflow from underneath to keep things cool enough? Might be a dumb question, haven't built one yet.
NORMAN SANCHEZ commented on NORMAN SANCHEZ's photo
Hello Piero.  yes, I use to power the apm, I realized that the esc heat up a little more to connect the bec. bec switch is to change the voltage from 5 to…
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This community created the Arduino-compatible ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, copters of all sorts, ground rovers). The APM 2 autopilot hardware runs a variety of powerful free Arduino-based UAV software systems, including:
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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The second round is an autotakeoff and landing round for both planes and copters, with a deadline of March 4th. Details here. Also active is the "Three Dealers" contest (best APM video wins), closing March 31, 2012 (Details here.)A list of all T3 contests is here.
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"Printing Drones by the Sheet"
Posted by Chris Anderson on February 16, 2012 at 9:05pm 0 Comments 1 Like
John Robb has a great post which riffs on the Harvard work we wrote about last year on "pop-up fabrications" of micro flyers (shown in the video above).
The FAA currently estimates that there will be 30,000…
3d printable quadcopter!! PL1Q Vampire
Posted by Matthew Beck on February 16, 2012 at 8:57pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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"Domestic drones aren't violating privacy laws": Stanford legal expert
Posted by Chris Anderson on February 16, 2012 at 8:44pm 0 Comments 1 Like
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Ryan Calo, a Stanford law professor who specializes in the legal implications of new technologies, published an article the Stanford Law Review in December that I've only just now read. It's very interesting and worth reading the…
Fast Company article on drones used by Hollywood
Posted by Chris Anderson on February 16, 2012 at 8:26pm 2 Comments 1 Like
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"Unmanned Drones go from Afghanistan to Hollywood". A few small errors, but otherwise pretty sound. Excerpts:
This past January, the Los Angeles Police Department…
Flying Bots Spot Paradrop Targets With Hacked AR Code Makezine: flying bots spot-drop
Posted by swordfishBob on February 16, 2012 at 3:00pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
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as reported in this Makezine article,
"The clever designers at Chicago’s Tanagram adapted code developed to recognize…
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President Obama signed the bill for full integration of UAS into the national regulatory framework by Sept. 30, 2015
Posted by Hasufel on February 16, 2012 at 1:24pm 2 Comments 1 Like
It's done. U.S President Obama did sign the bill for full integration of UAS into the national regulatory framework by Sept. 30, 2015. Small UAS (under 25kg) will be cleared to fly by mid-2014.
Some reactions already:…
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The Happy Hacker Quad build
Posted by Ian on February 15, 2012 at 10:00pm 2 Comments 2 Likes
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The "Happy Hacker Quad" :)
Frame - FR4, Aluminum arms, Carbon motor mounts
Motors - Turnigy 2217's
ESC - Trunigy 18A Plush
Battery - 3000/4000Mah 3S Packs
Arms - 450mm Motor to Motor
Weight - 1020g w/o battery
FC - APM1
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Object Tracking - Real Test (teaser)
Posted by Adam Rivera on February 15, 2012 at 10:00pm 11 Comments 6 Likes
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I finally have an update on the object tracking software I started back in these two posts:…
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Industrial Robot Porn
Posted by Shannon Morrisey on February 15, 2012 at 8:00pm 4 Comments 2 Likes
[ http://player.vimeo.com/video/36874968?title=0
I met some new industrial robots in the flesh at ATX West (Automation Technology Expo). Nothing particularly groundbreaking here, but the speed and dexterity of the latest generation is remarkable (many were too fast for my phone's camera frame rate). There were a ton of these 4 and 6-axis delta robots (ones with 3 skinny steel arms). Also saw…
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Presenting ArduCopter project at Science Day
Posted by Kirill on February 15, 2012 at 1:28pm 10 Comments 3 Likes
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Last Thursday, February 9 was dedicated to the Day of Science in Russia. I was invited on meetup to present ArduCopter project. There were journalists from television, some of them were really interested in quadcopter, therefore, they made a small report. Unfortunately, I had to speak in Russian, but, I hope, you'll catch the idea from the video. You can find more videos and photos from this event below.
Here is a short demo in the…
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The first of two Integrator unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. Marine Corps has been flown and delivered by Insitu Inc. The first Integrator system, which give the Marines early operation of the aircraft — part of the military’s Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System program — is being provided under a government-owned, contractor-operated arrangement. “The Integrator system delivery at Twentynine Palms (Calif.), just less than a year-and-a-half post-contract award, is a reflection of our commitment to STUAS and our commitment to the U.S. Marine Corps,†said Insitu Senior Vice President of Integrator Programs Bill Clark. “We continue to be grateful for the opportunity to support the warfighter with cost-effective and ever-increasing ISR capability.†The Integrator, which will be operated and maintained for the Marines by Insitu, will provide persistent land-based tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data. “This (early operational capability) system at Twentynine Palms will optimize the pre-deployment training and exercises for the Marines prior to their arrival in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) or any other area of operation,†said Marine Corps Col. James Rector. Insitu said a second system was delivered to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command earlier this month. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d12009').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) [...]Drone-makers target Asia for growth
By Saira SyedBusiness reporter, BBC News, Singapore As geo-political tensions remain, the demand for drones is set to sky-rocket in Asia, and that means new players will battle with industry giants for market share. “We’ve got quite a bit of interest from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, India,†says Bill Schaefer from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, a dominant player in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry. The US company is at the Singapore Air show, showing off its wares such as the Global Hawk to potential customers. This UAV in industry parlance is a high altitude long endurance (Hale) platform. “Something like a Global Hawk from Guam can cover 10,000 sq-mile area, so it can provide real-time surveillance of the area from a military standpoint,†says Mr Schaefer who is vice president of business development. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17053868 Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d12000').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });Indian Navy UAS Incident
Times of India VISAKHAPATNAM: An Indian Navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed into a hill at Ganesh Nagar near Gajuwaka RTC depot on Thursday afternoon with residents in the area which is close to Eastern Naval Command (ENC) grateful that a major tragedy had been averted. Several factories, like HPCL, Coromandel and Zinc are located in the vicinity but no loss of life or property has been reported. The accident occurred between 2.30-3 pm when Israeli-origin searcher, MK II UAV, was returning to base following a sortie which, rumours suggest, was flown to reconnoitre Maoist stronghold areas as part of Operation Green Hunt. This is the second time that a Navy aircraft has crashed in the last two years. In February 2010, a Chetak helicopter crashed into Sarada river between Anakapalle and Tummapala, 55 km from here. The pilot was killed and three officers were injured in the incident. There was a big explosion seconds after the UAV crashed and the aircraft was reduced to ashes within minutes of hitting the hill. Thankfully, the accident site was 150 metres away from a densely populated slum that is situated on the hillside. Within half-an-hour of the crash, two Navy choppers appeared overhead to [...]US Air Force Awards AeroVironment $4.2m for Switchblade Loitering Munition System
AeroVironment, Inc.  today announced it recently received an order from the United States Air Force for Switchblade loitering munition systems and services. The $4,167,777 extension to an existing contract includes engineering services, operational Switchblade systems and operator training. AeroVironment will work with ATK , its munition subcontractor, to produce and deliver the systems. AeroVironment also announced that it performed a successful series of live fire demonstrations for multiple U.S. government customers at a military facility in December 2011. The daytime and nighttime demonstrations further illustrated the unique capabilities of the Switchblade system to neutralize threats from a stand-off distance in a variety of operating environments. The Switchblade loitering munition system launches from a small tube that can be carried in a backpack and transmits live color and infrared video wirelessly for display on AeroVironment’s standard small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ground control unit. Upon confirming the target using the live video feed, the system operator then sends a command to the air vehicle to arm its payload and lock its trajectory onto the target. Switchblade flies quietly at high speed and delivers the effects of its onboard explosive payload with precision while minimizing collateral damage. The operator can call off a strike even after [...]Animal rights group says drone shot down
Times and Democrat newspaper A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying. He said the animal rights group decided to send the drone up anyway. “Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out,†Hindi said in the release. “As an act of revenge for us shutting down the pigeon slaughter, they had shot down our copter.†He claimed the shooters were “in tree cover†and “fled the scene on small motorized vehicles.†“It is important to note how dangerous this was, as they were shooting toward and into a well-travelled highway,†Hindi stated in the release. He said someone from SHARK called the Colleton County Sheriff’s Department, which took a report of the incident. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Department filed a malicious damage to property incident report. According to the report, Hindi told the responding [...]UAV news from Flight Global
Israeli company develops UAV recovery system for ships
An Israeli company has disclosed the first details of a system that will enable operators to recover large unmanned air vehicles aboard ships ...Innocon lands MiniFalcon training deal with US college
Israel's Innocon is to supply a MiniFalcon II tactical unmanned air system to Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota ...ISAF confirms 2011 Global Hawk crash
A military headquarters in Afghanistan has confirmed that a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk crashed in the southeast city of Jalalabad on 21 August in...US Navy cancels medium-range UAS contest
The US Navy has cancelled its MRMUAS vertical-lift programme, delivering a boost to the Northrop/Bell MQ-8C ...LCI sets up helicopter division with AgustaWestland order
LCI sets up helicopter division with AgustaWestland order Lease Corporation International (LCI) has signed a purchase agreement with AgustaWestland...© 2012 Created by Chris Anderson.
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