Two weeks ago, we posted about quadrotors that were able to autonomously navigate outdoors, relying solely on IMUs and simple vision systems. What we found notable was that the robots didn’t need either GPS or a motion tracking system, implying that they could go out and do their thing in what some people like to call “the real world.” At ICRA 2012 yesterday, MIT’s Adam Bry presented a paper (and video!) demonstrating a micro air vehicle capable of the same sort of self-contained navigation, but indoors and impressively fast.
Posts tagged "drone"
-
Laser-Equipped MAV Demonstrates Aggressive Autonomous Flight →
-
DARPA's Crowdsourced UAVs Get Real →
Back in December, we showed you a bunch of concepts from DARPA’s crowdsourced UAVForge competition. The teams involved have just submitted their proof-of-flight videos, and while there are a bunch of quadrotors and hexacopters that won’t surprise you, there are at least a few designs that will.
-
The Army's Newest Surveillance Drone Can Shoot 80 Years' Worth of Video In a Day →
Sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts, and the U.S. Army is about to find out if they can create some amazing ISR synthesis by combining two pieces of bleeding-edge technology from its own stores: Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird unmanned helo and ARGUS—the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System. Together, the duo will reportedly be able to collect 80 years’ worth of HD video each and every day.
-
US Army unveils 1.8 gigapixel camera helicopter drone →
New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras are being developed by the US Army.
The army said the technology promised “an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground”.
