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Subject: [DPRG] autonomous flight
From: Dave Hylands dhylands at gmail.com
Date: Sat Mar 31 01:32:57 CDT 2007

Sending to the list this time.

> So I've been thinking about autonomous flight, inspired in no
> small part by Larry's paraflite project.
>
> Seems like adding a 3-DOF inertial measurement unit like the
> one on jBot (MicroStrain 3Dm-GX1) could "balance" the heli in
> 3-D, just like the IMU tilt sensor on nBot makes it balance
> in 2-D, and replace the human pilot, or at least lower the
> amount of skill required.  Also need some sort of down-looking
> sonar or laser range finder.

If you're serious about autonomous flight, then you should look at the
Paparazzi project, which is an open-source autonomous flight control
system.

http://www.recherche.enac.fr/paparazzi/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/

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