I2C clone OS project.
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/open-source-i2c-esc-project
multipilot project Italy
http://www.virtualrobotix.com/forum/topics/multipilot-20-ap32-building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viEoOtErBnU anne has done lot of work balancing props, isolating camera attachment etc. to get his videos that smooth. It actually had some small shaking originally but it was totally eliminated using Virtualdubs excellent deshaker software.
Naudin Wii hack[]
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/fun-quadcopter-flights-with-a
http://ardupilotdev.googlecode.com/files/GyroWMPen.pdf
http://diydrones.com/profile/JeanLouisNaudin
Dronepedia.com[]
http://dronepedia.com Wiki on drones
Stable quad[]
Very stable flying quad, code will be released by poster
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/armquad-v-016-outdoor#comments
http://www.hovership.com/2012/08/02/power-distribution/ data on soldering rig for quads
Commercial IMU closed source[]
http://hoverflytech.com/Products.html has video, $365
Camera targeting[]
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/camera-targeting-with
20 airships will monitor India[]
Latest EKF IMU[]
http://www.vectornav.com/vn-100-demonstration
http://www.chrobotics.com/chr6dm.php
See SerialCameras for drone cameras.
Use InfraRedLeds#Long_range_IR_illumination to illuminate for night vision and CCD camera combination.
DIYdrones mikrokopter[]
Moved to Diydrones arducopter
Kinderkram build log[]
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1286011 Build log for Kinderkram on ARDU
Frames for Quad copter[]
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1382472
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/alternative-arducopter-frames
quad code[]
http://www.diydrones.com/profile/DaniloScarato code extension to ardu
Hobbywireless commercial[]
Hack the design for its airframe, stabil airframe is important for aerial videos.
http://hobbywireless.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19 GPS and automatic flight control
QudroUFO[]
http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/
Commercial[]
http://www.firstpersonview.co.uk/aircraft/x600D-quadrocopter $300
caspiquad[]
http://caspiquad.googlecode.com/svn/tags/flying_well_2010_0206/CaspiQuad/PID.cpp
UAVX[]
- http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/wiki/UAVXStartup
- http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1093510
- http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1093510
- http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/wiki/UAVXStartup
Scandicraft UAV[]
http://www.scandicraft.no/Products/ScanCam.aspx Perimeter surveillance drone, lands and takes off automatically
Robot chopper[]
http://code.google.com/p/robot-chopper/source/list
http://code.google.com/p/autorobo/
http://code.google.com/p/crazy-quad/source/list
http://code.google.com/p/flightos/
http://flightos.sourceforge.net/
Quad flying frames[]
Vibrations is a major impediment to aerial photography and video streaming. Use a proper airframe. http://quadrocopter.us/ See for hex, octo frames
use the frame template from http://gluonpilot.com/wiki/Main_Page
Mounting the mag sensor or ardu[]
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/quick-post-ardupilotmega Placement of magnetometer
Google ads[]
Links to links[]
* http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1097355 LINKS TO LINKS
pixhawk[]
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/introduction-to-pixhawk-ground
http://pixhawk.ethz.ch/software/computer_vision computer vision toolkit
EmbeddedPc#DIMM_sized_computer Whole computer on DIMM memory stick for usage in vision analysis programs such as SlAm.
Booz and Lisa[]
http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Lisa
Openmulticopter[]
http://openmulticopter.org/wiki/Main_Page
Quadpowered[]
mikrokopter[]
moved , see main
Failsafe device[]
http://www.millswoodeng.com.au/failsafe_device.html , http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1096707
aeroquad[]
Vicacopter[]
* http://vicacopter.com/index.php * http://vicacopter.com/vicacopter.112307.tar.bz2 Gumstix helicopter UAV * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A19367 Various links to projects
Asctec quodrocopter[]
* Increased payload uses Eight motors. * http://diydrones.com/forum/attachment/download?id=705844%3AUploadedFi58%3A12788 * http://www.asctec.de/ German quadro-copters closed source team at asctec . de for prices
Quadrocopters[]
* http://forum.xufo.net/bb/viewforum.php?f=27 * http://egofood.blogspot.com/2006/01/ill-show-you-im-gonna-blog-itthe-age.html#comments
(based on a gumstix+robostix and a 6DOF IMU from Sparkfun+3axis magnetometer)
* http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=698 2-degree IMU gyros $74. * http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.xufo-shop.de%2f * http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=757716 * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A731 User Zlinte rcgroups.com * http://www.informationvision.net/ From diydrones.com * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A3225 Alison UAV project * http://pictearthing.com/ * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A2525 Gyro stabilized camera * http://www.quadroufo.com/ * http://www.infrared1.com/UAV.html * http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.uavp.ch%2F&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=de&ie=UTF8 * http://claraty.jpl.nasa.gov/ Nasa robotics software
Quad[]
* http://fholzhauer.de/bleeps/index.php/archives/2008/09/30/autonomous-quadrocopters/ * http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/a5b0/
Dragonflyer x6 UAV quodrocopter[]
* http://www.draganfly.com * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3sa1iGcZo
UAV split[]
* http://www.armokopter.at/
UAV turbines for power[]
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/17/100517fa_fact_owen
DIY drones Feb 2011[]
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=164707 Build blog on arducopter Hexa version, parts list description etc.
Use same motors[]
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/quadrotor-1 use the same measured kv values and us i2c control, not PWM. Lookup table won't work, the control algorithm in the PD equation must compensate.
patents[]
http://fling.seas.upenn.edu/~dmel/wiki/index.php?n=Main.Publications
Mark Jolly, Andrew Meyers, Daniel Mellinger, Doug Ivers, Askari Badre-Alam, Doug Swanson, and Russ Altieri. Helicopter Vibration Control System and Circular Force Generation System for Canceling Vibrations. WO/2009/126608
http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20100034655/claims.html
Quads in the news[]
http://www.suasnews.com/2009/08/39/airrobots-quad-used-by-derbyshire-police/ BNP rally watched
links[]
- http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1097355 Larg*e base of links , motors, fpv etc..
- Quad frames
- http://onlyflyingmachines.com/ Frames built to order.