The very first talk of ShmooCon was [Ethan O’Toole] as well as [Matt Davis] providing their OpenVulture software application for unmanned vehicles. In the preliminary stages, they had just organized on building software application for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, however realized that with the appropriate planning it might be utilized with any type of vehicle: airplanes, cars, boats, as well as subs (or more specifically, their Barbie PowerWheels). The software application is in two parts. very first is a library that lets you interact with each of the vehicle’s modules. The second half is the actual navigation software.
They’ve spent a great deal of time sourcing hardware modules. They are looking for products that work well, aren’t as well expensive, as well as have a relatively plug as well as play implementation. For their primary processor, they desired something that wasn’t a microcontroller as well as might run a full Linux system. The ARM based NSLU2 NAS seems to be the present frontrunner. You can discover the opensource software application as well as descriptions of the supported modules on their site.
They’re building the very first test UAVs now. One has a 12 foot wingspan for higher lift as well as stability. We’ve covered the Arduino based Ardupilot as well as other UAVs in the past.
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