Freeing Humans From Work.
I have been interested in going back to school for some time now, but have been stuck weighing the benefits against additional student debt. I was curious to determine how much of the curriculum could be accomplished through open courses and self-directed learning. I took the EE/CS curriculum, and cross referenced MIT’s OpenCourseWare to identify …
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I read a great post from Balau’s blog related to programming in C with Arduino. It was very helpful, however, as a Windows 8 user I had to make a few tweaks. Download the windows version of the AVR compiler, here http://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr/files/latest/download?source=files and run the exe. Download this copy of avrdude http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/avrdude-6.1.tar.gz unzip and then …
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My first test flight, after assembling my 3D Robotics Quad C kit, ended 30ft up stuck in a tree. It was only afterwords I realized some of my inputs were swapped between my Spektrum AR8000 receiver and my Ardupilot, which switched my pitch and roll controls. Pushing the stick up rolled the quad left and …
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EPFL researchers utilized a Vicon motion capture system, with reflective markers on the thrown objects, to develop a model while the object is in the air.
First “successful” flights. Last flight ended up a little out of control and stuck 20 ft high in a tree. Salvageable.