November 28, 2006
Automatic Pilot Helicopters - MIT profs create autonomous UAVs
The MIT Team is using DraganFlyer helicopters, Gentoo Linux, Gumstix, and Vicon Motion Capture Systems and has sponsorship from Boeing. Creating a robot that can manage to fly around a room on its own without hitting a wall is a mean feat to pull off, but that’s exactly what a team of professors at MIT have managed to do. Their multiple-UAV ... More
November 25, 2006
AirScooter II Ultralight Helicopter for 50Gs!
View This Video on You Tube You gotta check out the supposedly $50,000 personal helicopter. It is now becoming more and more practically for people to actually own a personal helicopter. The only thing is, it doesn’t look like it’s too sturdy for any kind of bad wheather. Well, looks are not everything, maybe it will perform under ... More
