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Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
MAKE Magazine —
... got 5 minutes to attempt a run; best time overall won.
The first heat got off to a rough start. About half of the robots made it to the first corner of the building, but only "Mookie Mobile Death Pod 3000" made it around the whole course.
A slight wind from the West seemed to be affecting the UAVs. They also had to deal with the multiple trees. The Boulder Fire Department was kind enough to help out with one, and others were low enough to get by hand. The DIY Drones plane found itself in multiple trees:
The ...
Congrats to Chris Anderson and Jordi Muñoz for winning SparkFun's Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Boing Boing —
... today in Boulder, Colo. Their winning entry was a DIY Drone with GPS and digital compass navigation, which flew around the course in a little over thirty seconds. ...
Blimpduino and UAV at Maker Faire
MAKE Magazine —
Chris Anderson demonstrates the systems of the BlimpDuino.
The Blimpduino kit is a very low cost, open source, autonomous blimp kit. It consists of an Arduino-based blimp controller board with on-board infrared and ultrasonic sensors and an interface for an optional RC mode, a simple gondola with two vectoring (tilting) differential thrusters, and ground-based infrared beacon. Assembly is required, including soldering. ...
Flying Copter-Cam Swoops Over New York City
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... long ago in the excellent Make Magazine. Another is to visit DIY Drones, a site started by Wired Magazine Editor Chris Anderson, which is both resource and community for makers of unmanned aerial vehicles. To give you a taste of hat can be done, the site will sell you the ArduPilot, an autopilot based on the ...
