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The Drone Firing a Pistol is Probably Rea

Published on Aug 1, 2015

Recently footage of a quadcopter drone firing a pistol surfaced, scaring everybody. But could it be fake? One man may have proven that the gun drone is a reality.

 

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Building a cheap quadcopter At Home (1) - Lift Off

Published on Sep 20, 2014

In this video I try to build a basic platform for a quadcopter with salvaged motors from small axial fans and some other household items.
These (like all PC-Fans) are powered by BLDCs (Brushles DC-Motors). You cannot reverse their rotation by changing the POLARITY . That only works with old fashioned "Brushed DC Motors".
Model number of the Server Power Supply: HP - DPS - 700 CB-A.
I recommend you not to buy this unit simply for this unit . A wide variety of fan -motors, salvagable from several devices / manufacturers could be used.

 

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Computationally efficient trajectory generation: quadrocopter catching balls

Published on Jan 11, 2017

A Computationally Efficient Motion Primitive for Quadrocopter Trajectory Generation

The video shows the experimental results described in the paper "A computationally efficient motion primitive for quadrocopter trajectory generation", by Mark Mueller, Markus Hehn, and Raffaello D'Andrea.
The paper is available here: "A Computationally Efficient Motion Primitive for Quadrocopter Trajectory Generation"

 

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The Selfie Drone

Published on May 2, 2017

This is the smartphone-controlled drone that captures and shares stunning first-person photos and video without a clumsy selfie stick. Ideal for novice flyers, the drone can take off and land from your hand and features a 98' range, obstacle avoidance, and optical flow for stable flight that creates a hovering tripod. Its 12 MP camera offers electronic and mechanical stabilization and flash to record bucket-list adventures, party hijinks, or daily happenings on-the-fly, day or night. A free app for iOS or Android smartphones provides intuitive navigation and camera controls and one-touch sharing of “dronies” to all your social media. Saves up to 1080p/60 fps video onto a microSD card up to 64 GB.

The Selfie Drone.