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RobotC Version 2.0 now out

For those of you who, like me, love Lego Mindstorms as a robotics prototyping tools, good news. The best programming language for Mindstorms is Robot C, and it's just been upgraded to 2.0. (It's a free upl… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 22, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

In AUVSI mag: "Do Terrorists Want UAS, Too?"

There's a provocative piece in the current issue of the AUVSI's offical magazine, Umanned Systems.… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 21, 2009 at 11:30pm — 10 Comments

DIY Drones live chat/podcast Sunday. Guest: Steve Morris of MLB

Free video streaming by Ustream Tomorrow (Sunday) night we'll do our regular podcast, which everyone here is welcome to participate in by listening to the chat live above and commenting and asking questions via the DIY Drones… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 21, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Beta of AttoPilot GCS

The folks at Millswood Engi… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 20, 2009 at 9:13pm — 5 Comments

DIY Drones live chat/podcast tonight at 8:30pm PST

Free video streaming by Ustream Tonight (Sunday) we'll do our regular podcast, which everyone here is welcome to participate in by listening to the chat live above and commenting and asking questions via the DIY Drones… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 15, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Excellent tear-down of an old military gyro

They don't make them like this anymore! Gorgeous manufacturing, but it's still a mystery how this ol… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 14, 2009 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Latest prototype of ArduStation Mega

The team designing the hardware groundstation for ArduPilot Mega is making grea… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 11, 2009 at 4:00pm — 20 Comments

Drones vs Pirates

From BotJunkie: "The US military is now using MQ-9 Reaper drones to track suspected pirate ships in the Indian ocean. That’s track, not attack, but the MQ-9 is specifical… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 11, 2009 at 7:00am — 6 Comments

Tom Pycke's new autopilot: GluonPilot

The awesome Tom Pycke, who taught us tons in the early days, is now back with a new autopilot proje… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 8, 2009 at 11:24pm — 5 Comments

For IMU geeks: a good guide to Euler Angles and quanternian math

From our friends at VectorNAV, a… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 7, 2009 at 7:10pm — No Comments

DIY Drones live chat/podcast Sunday night at 9:00pm PST

Free video streaming by Ustream Tomorrow night (Sunday) we'll do our regular podcast, which everyone here is welcome to participate in by listening to the chat live above and commenting and asking questions via the DIY Drones… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 7, 2009 at 6:56pm — No Comments

New products in the DIY Drones store

A bunch of new products in the DIY Drones store:

Blimpduino board (shown) by i

… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 7, 2009 at 4:03pm — No Comments

Online servo database

Found on… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on November 7, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

$1,500 for a RC stabilizer IMU!

Looks like it works great, but the price! They're just asking for us to reverse engineer and open source it ;-) Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 29, 2009 at 6:14pm — 19 Comments

Happy Halloween!

Creepiest candy holder ever--just watch. Now back to our regular UAV goodness.... (via Trossen Robotics) Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 28, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Update and guidance on ArduPilot Mega

We've wanted to be transparent with the community on our plans for ArduPilot Mega to get feedback, but I fear we've also introduced uncertainty and confusion. Here are some tips and pointers that may help you plan your ArduPilot path. First, don't expect ArduPilot Mega until well into the new year. Second, it will be considerably more expensive than ArduPilot. Third, it won't necessarily work any better than the current ArduPilot for basic autopilot functions--it's just for people who want two-… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 27, 2009 at 4:30pm — 15 Comments

T3 Contest, Round 3

First, congratualulations to… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 27, 2009 at 4:22pm — 30 Comments

6,000+ members of DIY Drones!

I still remember how thrilled I was when we passed 100.... Sometime over the weekend, we passed 6,000 members. We're now doing an average of 15,000 page views a day! We have an average of twice as many visitors at any given time as the #2 UAV community, RC Groups. Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 26, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Boston Dynamics does it again--closest thing to human walking. Wow.

Nothing to do with UAVs, but wow. A huge step up from Big Dog. Watching it recover from a push is just spooky. (via Trossen Robotics) Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 26, 2009 at 8:13pm — 4 Comments

Huddle Workspace updates and bug fixes

For those on the DIY Drones development teams, you may have noticed a few updates on Huddle. Formatting now works so your paragraphs will break properly in discussions. The >1MB bug in editing documents has also been fixed, so you should be able to edit online without fear of changes not being saved. Currently, Huddle only supports Firefox and IE7+ on Ning (apols to those using Safari, but not to those using IE6--upgrade!). If you want more powerful and flexible editing and collaboration too… Continue

Added by Chris Anderson on October 26, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

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