Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:06:30 -0700 Chris Anderson, Tim Trueman and others http://diydrones.com/ Podcast Maker v1.4.0 - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker This is a podcast for all things about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). en http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/easystarhihg_144.jpg http://diydrones.com/ 144 144 Aviation Hobbies Technology no DIY Drones Doug Weibel and Jason Short walk us through the upcoming ArduPilot Mega release. Doug Weibel and Jason Short run through the upcoming ArduPilot Mega software, including more advanced mission capabilities. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2028.mp3 Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:58:28 -0700 Aviation no 00:59:48 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones We talk about the future of drones in the National Airspace (NAS). Richard Hanson, who works on the AMA's Regulatory and Governmental Affairs operations discusses upcoming FAA integration of UAVs into the National Airspace (NAS) http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2027.mp3 Tues, 20 July 2010 12:20:19 -0700 Aviation no 00:53:50 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Can a quadrotor fly aggressively (and sideways) through an impossibly skinny window? Yes, yes it can. Doctoral candidate at Penn Daniel Mellinger published a video showing some of the most awesome maneuvers a quadrotor can do. We learn—in detail—how it works. Can you do it at home? We find out. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2026.mp3 Mon, 28 June 2010 10:22:43 -0700 Aviation no 00:45:49 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones We take you on a tour of the lab and talk about machine learning and autonomous systems. Sebastian Thrun takes us on a tour of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab. You may know him as the guy who led Stanford's car to victory in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. We talk about autonomous cars, robotic muscles, stunt helicopters, aircraft that fly in formation to save fuel and using machine learning to build autonomous systems. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2025.mp3 Mon, 7 June 2010 20:48:40 -0700 Aviation no 00:21:57 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Did you know iPhones could double as a 4-channel RC controller? There's an app for that! Wandering around the annual Maker Faire convention with over 600 DIY exhibits covering pretty much everything from clothing to RC battleships we found Ari Krupnik who's managed to figure out how to fly an RC helicopter (4 channels) not much more than an iPhone and a transmitter. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2024.mp3 Mon, 25 May 2010 22:11:04 -0700 Aviation no 00:17:11 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Peer into the lens of a researcher working on highly automated aircraft This episode is the second traveling podcast where Tim travels to MIT in Cambridge, MA to talk to Missy Cummings, professor and director of the Humans and Automation Lab (as well as one of the first female navy fighter pilots!). http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2023.mp3 Mon, 10 May 2010 19:49:00 -0700 Aviation no 00:33:59 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Hear from a few of the teams who competed in the SparkFun AVC 2010 We take you live to Doug Weibel's house on the eve of the SparkFun Electronics Autonomous Vehicle competition with a round table of both returning and new guests. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2022.mp3 Mon, 3 May 2010 21:28:57 -0700 Aviation no 00:43:53 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Learn about Project Andromeda's entry into the Australian Outback UAV Challenge Nima Kayvan discusses airframes, advanced servos and autopilots. Check out the project http://www.projectandromeda.com.au/ and the awesome servos they are using: http://www.crustcrawler.com/motors/AX12/index.php http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2021.mp3 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:02:44 -0700 Aviation no 00:47:45 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Learn about FLEXIPILOT, EasyUAV, and Pteryx Krzysztof Bosak joins us in the wee hours from Poland to talk IMU-based autopilots and aerial photography. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2020.mp3 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:57:29 -0700 Aviation no 00:58:42 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones A little obsession with electronics never hurt anyone, right? Hear how SparkFun Electronics got started, how easily you can mass produce electronics if you're willing to be scrappy and what went down on Free Day. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2019.mp3 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:47:04 -0700 Aviation no 00:50:37 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones A perspective from the world of commercial autopilots Reed dives into the nitty gritty of commercial autopilots and what separates them from amateur projects. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2018.mp3 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 22:22:33 -0700 Aviation no 00:51:59 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Why you should care about simulators Curtis explains some of the many uses of simulators including how a closed loop hardware-in-the-loop system works. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2017.mp3 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:03:00 -0700 Aviation no 00:49:13 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones David Ankers and Angus Peart launch OpenPilot David Ankers and Angus Peart launch OpenPilot: an IMU-based autopilot initially aimed at quadcopters: http://openpilot.org/ http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2016.mp3 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:10:28 -0700 Aviation no 00:50:34 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Tom Pycke and the upcoming Gluonpilot Check out Tom's open source autopilot at http://gluonpilot.com/ One of the questions from the audience references this photo set of testing ArduPilot 2.5 code: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttrueman/sets/72157623199524559/show/ http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2015.mp3 Mon, 2 Feb 2010 15:20:21 -0700 Aviation no 00:46:35 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Henri Seydoux, CEO of Parrot tells us about his vision to making gaming become reality with the AR.Drone. Henri Seydoux, CEO of Parrot tells us about his vision to making gaming become reality with the AR.Drone. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2014.mp3 Mon, 20 Jan 2010 20:20:21 -0700 Aviation no 00:48:43 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Chad Frost shares stories from NASA's autonomous systems and robotics department. Chad Frost shares stories from NASA's autonomous systems and robotics department and his thoughts on civilian usage of UAVs. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2013.mp3 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:11:14 -0700 Aviation no 00:58:40 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Abe Bachrach, a graduate student at MIT answers our questions on LIDAR-equipped quadcopters. Abe Bachrach, a graduate student at MIT answers our questions on LIDAR-equipped quadcopters. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2012.mp3 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:48:08 -0700 Aviation no 00:51:59 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones We're back after two weeks off with Jason Short, discussing the ArduPilot 2.5 software. We're back after two weeks off with Jason Short, discussing the ArduPilot 2.5 software. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2011.mp3 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:58:54 -0700 Aviation no 00:42:15 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Steve Morris of MLB joins us to talk about his VTOL UAV, ITAR export regulations and the nuisances of being in the UAV business. Steve Morris of MLB joins us to talk about his VTOL UAV, ITAR export regulations and the nuisances of being in the UAV business. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%2010.mp3 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:55:20 -0700 Aviation no 00:46:59 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Patrick Egan attempts to guide us through the legal waters surrounding UAVs. Patrick Egan attempts to guide us through the legal waters surrounding UAVs. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%209.mp3 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:02:25 -0700 Aviation no 00:58:28 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones The VectorNav team talks to us about starting a business and IMUs. The VectorNav team talks to us about starting a business and IMUs. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%208.mp3 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:45:01 -0700 Aviation no 00:40:35 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Guest Gary Mortimer wakes up early to join us for stories of octocopters, Africa and hot air balloon piloting. Guest Gary Mortimer wakes up early to join us for stories of octocopters, Africa and hot air balloon piloting. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%207.mp3 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:38:04 -0700 Aviation no 00:43:10 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Guest Dean Goedde talks to us about doing international business, working fulltime on AttoPilot and dives into some technical goodies. Guest Dean Goedde talks to us about doing international business, working fulltime on AttoPilot and dives into some technical goodies. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%206.mp3 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:36:01 -0700 Aviation no 01:08:02 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Guest Bill Premerlani talks about the origins, present state and future directions of the UAV dev board. Guest Bill Premerlani talks about the origins, present state and future directions of the UAV dev board. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%205.mp3 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:58:41 -0700 Aviation no 00:52:53 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Guest Ryan Beall talks about an IMU-based autopilot he built at the Naval Academy. Guest Ryan Beall talks about an IMU-based autopilot he built at the Naval Academy. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%204.mp3 Mon, 6 Oct 2009 23:09:24 -0700 Aviation no 00:51:53 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones The altitude record attempt was for an autonomously controlled electrically powered UAV weighing less than 5kg, FAI Category U.2a Group 2. The altitude record attempt was for an autonomously controlled electrically powered UAV weighing less than 5kg, FAI Category U.2a Group 2. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%203.mp3 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:10 -0700 Aviation no 00:49:12 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones Even more IMU talk followed by a discussion of our favorite posts from the week. Even more IMU talk followed by a discussion of our favorite posts from the week. http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%202.mp3 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:36:38 -0700 Aviation no 00:50:37 Even more IMU talk followed by a discussion of our favorite posts from the week.DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones We discuss UAV airframes and as well as more about inertial navigation. IMU mentioned: http://www.sensordynamics.cc/cms/cms.php?pageId=73 http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%201.mp3 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:33:31 -0700 Aviation no 00:21:47 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft, IMU, airframe DIY Drones This is a test/pilot episode so we could nail down problems. Lots of glitches and issues sprinkled throughout the episode. Episode 0: "Houston, we've got a problem"" Show Notes Photos of the NASA Ames field trip from several people: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/nasa-ames-excursion ArduPilot + OSD: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1102975 ArduPilot IMU boards: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9372 http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9373 Magnetometer tilt-compensation algorithms: http://www.magneticsensors.com/datasheets/sae.pdf http://diydrones.s3.amazonaws.com/mp3/diydrones%20-%20episode%200.mp3 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:21:06 -0700 Aviation no 01:01:54 DIY, Drones, UAVs, Unmanned Aircraft