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Open Source UAVs

How cheap and simple can a UAV be?. Open Source UAVs. Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine /DIY Drones. UAV. ^. $100,000,000s . Cost. $10,000,000s. $1,000,000s . $100,000s . $10,000s . $100s. Platforms. Why not?. Gears!. Programmed by a 10-year-old.

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Open Source UAVs

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  1. How cheap and simple can a UAV be? Open Source UAVs Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine/DIY Drones

  2. UAV ^ $100,000,000s Cost $10,000,000s $1,000,000s $100,000s $10,000s $100s Platforms

  3. Why not?

  4. Gears!

  5. Programmed by a 10-year-old

  6. Two-axis realtime video system (also Lego)

  7. Add GPS via Bluetooth ($39)

  8. Now it’s also a 5DOF ARM7 IMU

  9. A fully functional LEGO UAV

  10. BASIC Stamp educational autopilot • Embedded processor/RC multiplexing • GPS waypoint navigation • Hardware in the loop simulations (with Flight Simulator)

  11. Cellphone Autopilot • Broadband wireless communications, unlimited range • 5 Megapixel still or video imagery, all GPS and orientation-tagged • Dynamic waypoints and in-flight commands via text message • Fully programmable • Can interface with any hardware via serial/BT

  12. Autonomous Blimps • Ultrasonic altitude hold • IR beacons/waypoint following • Magnetometer • Bluetooth wireless • Vectoring thrusters Starting under $100

  13. ArduPilot—an Ardunio-based open source autopilot +

  14. ArduPilot • Navigation autopilot + IR stabilization • Fully programmable • Independent hardware multiplexer/failsafe • 7 user-programmable digital lines, 6 analog sensor inputs • 2 serial ports • Easy-to-use programming IDE Total cost: $90 (or make it yourself for less)

  15. What’s open source hardware? • Schematics • PCB designs • Firmware • Software • Parts lists and instructions We give blanket permission for anyone to use, modify, or distribute everything we do. No charge, no restrictions.

  16. Real export license for a commercial autopilot that’s less capable (no IMU) than our LEGO autopilot: • “No engineering design, manufacturing information or detailed repair/maintenance procedures may be released.” • “When not in use, the autopilot must be stored in a locked, secure facility. There must be access provided to designated US government personnel. The secure facility must be monitored by CCTV and an electronic burglar alarm.” • “A daily inventory log of the autopilot’s location must be maintained.”

  17. Future engineer/criminal

  18. Other open source autopilots • Paparazzi • UAVDevBoard • OpenPilot • GluonPilot • Booz • Quadpowered • Dozens more in the works….

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