Three Latvians and their Airdog…. from last night’s auto-follow drone speed tests

5 responses to “Three Latvians and their Airdog…. from last night’s auto-follow drone speed tests”

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   jurvetson

   Jul 9, 2014 at 4:05 pm

   Drone view: 3D-Printed mockup of the foldable design, with gimbal on top and two purple propeller arms on each side: Each propeller blade is on a swivel so it tucks away, but spins into place with centrifugal force. It also reduces the mass of a incidental collision with the propeller in half.

   Oh, and I saw a similar GoPro gimbal design being used as a lunar module test vehicle, with an optical mouse sensor jerry-rigged into a landing radar substitute, at NASA

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   California Swede – George Wester & Family

   Jul 9, 2014 at 4:15 pm

   A very interesting development, many applications.

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   rass999 denis laframboise

   Jul 9, 2014 at 5:53 pm

   Thanks….Super cool, i want one.

   Denis

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   vilumartin

   Jul 9, 2014 at 6:56 pm

   Hi, it was nice meeting you. Next test on rocket launch! Martins

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   PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

   Jul 12, 2014 at 9:43 pm

   Cool our Drone Lab team in Paris is working on a similar program, curious to see where both will end up… since a lot of money have been put into it before, from what I have heard, and 3D Robotics, apparently could not make it properly work… open collaboration on its way now cool :

   AirDog and 3D Robotics team up on next-gen Follow-me copters.

   Last week on July 3rd, AirDog team members convened at the labs of 3D Robotics (3DR) in Berkeley, California and signed a cooperation contract.

   Over the next few weeks, several of AirDog’s key engineers will be transitioning into the 3DR labs in order to collaborate closely with 3DR on advanced drone technologies. http://www.airdog.com/

   The makers of the AirDog are committed to creating the best auto-follow drone. The innovative partnership with 3DR is a crucial part of maintaining this commitment.

   AirDog uses the Pixhawk autopilot hardware component, which is provided by 3DR. Pixhawk is an open source flight controller, which integrates with all the onboard electronics of the AirDog. 3DR has an ambition to become one of the leading drone technology platform providers in the world.

   Edgars Rozentals, CEO of Helico said, “By being closer to each other, we have access to a Pixhawk platform development roadmap. It will make it much easier to fully focus on the development of our business level application — an auto-follow drone and obstacle avoidance solution. Our goal is to develop personal drones that have excellent user experience and powerful software that delivers what we have promised. The 3DR technology platform creates a solid base for the goal to be achieved”

   Source- http://www.suasnews.com/2014/07/30012/airdog-and-3d-robotics-tea...

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