Comments on: Autonomous hovering drones invade Germany

By: Mr. Mustard

Mr. Mustard — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:42:07 +0000

We can do better. Try this: two tilt actuated rotors and a gyro. The idea behind this being a lighter base, allowing room for more stuff while still being able to take off.

Their autonomy seems to be fairly simple, wiki Braitenberg Vehicles. Take that principle and put some code similar to artificial neurons in between the sensors and the actuators and you’ve got yourself a contender.

By: jim chafin

jim chafin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:27:23 +0000

Id love to have a small craft like this. i could use it to search for lost/missing people. runaways. kidnaped victims.walkways from nurseing home…ect. an on board cam. with nightvision. constable jim chafin po box 364 Greenup county ky 41139

By: Fox

Fox — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:03:00 +0000

Build yourself a Quadrokopter:
http://mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/Mikrokopter-Get-started

;-)

By: sckirklan

sckirklan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:30:31 +0000

that’s what I want for my birthday!

By: Hubert Paulson

Hubert Paulson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:59:04 +0000

Something like this would be useful for those family tree researchers who are wanting to do surveys of old cemeteries. Using such a platform with a remote controlled camera would allow photos of the cemetery to be taken to aid in plotting locations of graves, which are at some time being cataloged.

By: val

val — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:53:03 +0000

Because we do not pay for the University it is not necessary to get money. Research is without the need of success to fullfill a sponsor.
i realy like what they say in the interfew.
They do not want the millitary to get anything out of this research.
they search other uses of it.
when i was at a future-fare in new york, nearly everything that was a bit autonom was financed and presented by the millitary.

i think the goal of this project is, to get a simple visual tracking and positioning system without the need of complex visuall calculations.

cheers

By: From Germany

From Germany — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:23:13 +0000

@nubie:foam pool floatie(?) bumpers.

Nope thats foam isolation material for hot water tubes. I don’t know the exakt name for this in english.

@underdog: Humboldt was a german naturalist, explorer and co-founder of the science of geography. There are several universities in germany named for him.

By: nubie

nubie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:24:42 +0000

Hot for teacher?

Ahem. That is one of the coolest hacks I have seen on this site lately.

I love the CD case for a cover and the foam pool floatie(?) bumpers.

By: underdog

underdog — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:34:42 +0000

Wow, when I read the blurb, I thought humboldt U referred to Humboldt State University, a uni that I live quite near to. Instead, it was a german uni, who knew? :)

By: arthur92710

arthur92710 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:19:48 +0000

Lol they used a cd spindle to cover it.
Thats really cool, wish I had one, or the time to make one.(too much school work)

By: Befread

Befread — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:19:00 +0000

Well as long has they aren’t programed to attack picnics. But seriously what’s the big freaking deal.