Reminds me of http://flynixie.com/ - this one seems a lot more robust, less "snap a quick shot and come back".
Lily – Drone camera
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are definitely drones that can fly way faster than 30 knots, but they are not waterproof, and the ones I've seen are rather dumb, they don't follow you. Here's a drone that can fly at 100 mph (87 knots): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p5uDf9i_Yc
Well, is not about the speed of the _drone_ but being able to fly in a 20knts wind, with 30, maybe more, gusts. Which means in order to keep course it needs to know the wind speed and compensate. It's been done ( for auto-boats ) but I doubt this drone has this. Last time on Hintertux at 3500m we had also strong winds while snowboarding. I'd give it a test nonetheless!
Right, but all wind is to a drone is a shifting reference frame. In order to stay still in a 20 knit wind, the drone would need to be able to have a top speed of, at least, 20 knots.
Re: Lily – Drone camera
#93This reminded me of the Sphero Selfie bot April Fool's joke.
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#94Impressive. One typo in the video. It should say 120 fps at 720p. When I saw the text I wondered why anyone would film in 720p.
Good point but storage capacity is a reason to use 720p
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#95If they had made this look like a Star Wars Probe Droid I believe the Internet may have actually broken.
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#96Wonder what kind of payload it can carry is :D (I imagine that was part of a trade off for battery life)
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
I probably have no clue what I am talking about, but wouldn't it be sorta like steering forces? Seek A Avoid B In your case, a ton of Bs in terms of leaves, branches and etc. I guess it would need a wide scan to detect if there is a path either vertically or horizontally.
Well, (A) has a tracking device. All the (B)s don't. If they did, then yeah, this would work. Right?
Yeah but I am thinking it has some sort of an scanner, sorta like self-parking cars do :).
So once it Avoids (Steers away) B it can continue to Seek (Steers toward) A with the tracking device.
Obviously depends on how well the scanner to pickup obstacles work. You would need some sort of a heat map to detect leaves or branches.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VudWv9pQNdE
Looks like an episode of Peep Show.
Season 9 coming this year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Peep_Show_episodes#Ser...
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the big reason people don't buy these types of drones (this one certainly isn't the first of it's kind). It doesn't have obstacle avoidance or it will make a massive deal of it.
I probably have no clue what I am talking about, but wouldn't it be sorta like steering forces? Seek A Avoid B In your case, a ton of Bs in terms of leaves, branches and etc. I guess it would need a wide scan to detect if there is a path either vertically or horizontally.
It is a hard robotics problem. Saying that "it would need a wide scan" is a vast underestimation. Try looking up some papers on obstacle avoidance. Also, consider the costs of sticking the additional sensors on the robot, processing that data in realtime, and still powering the whole thing.