After updating my software to use a more efficient method of video stream communication between the drone and the surface, I had a vast number of complications which wound up with a non-responsive drone and software that could do nothing more than lift off and land the drone. After extensive testing, debugging, and reverting some …
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20
Aug
12
Micro Aerial Vehicles – The Future of UAVs
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by bobbymoore
After spending the majority of my summer working on the Parrot AR.Drone Quadrotor, I spent some time researching other forms of micro aerial vehicles or “MAV”s and it turns out there is a lot of interest in MAV development. Consequently, the Microsoft Surface project myself and other students from WPI and UNH are working on, …
Jul
15
AR.Drone Quadrotor Flight via Microsoft Surface
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- Introduction,
- Just for fun,
- Microsoft Surface,
- Multitouch,
- Navigation,
- Project54,
- R&D,
- Software,
- Technology,
- User interface
by bobbymoore
While working under Andrew Kun in Project54, I have been researching and developing applications for the Microsoft Surface for my Senior Project. This project has eventual collaboration with other schools and professional groups working toward a multi-touch application which controls a fleet of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. Other groups have developed similar UAV …
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Jan
20
Dover Mounted Patrol
Over the past year we have been developing a data collection and management application for the mounted patrol unit in Dover, New Hampshire. The application runs on a smartphone and provides several means of data collection including barcode scanning, GPS, camera, voice recording, touch screen, and a QWERTY keyboard. I will outline several of the …
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Jun
15
Navigational Metaphor
The image above is the combination of a transparent FTIR-based multi-touch surface and a motion control board, such as the one from Nintendo BalanceBoard, to create a navigation metaphor. Dimitar Valkov, Dr. Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder and Prof. Dr. Klaus Hinrichs built this while working for the Visualization and Computer Graphics Research Group at the …
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Oct
12
UbiComp 2009
Given that the fall has already started, is there a better place for a conference than Florida? Just a couple of days ago professor Kun, Mike, Oskar and I came back from UbiComp2009, which was held in Orlando, FL. The conference was very interesting with lots of participants from all over the world. One new …
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Aug
05
New Robot Suit in Tokyo
In this article from MSNBC.com, the Associated Press explains how Cyberdyne, a Japanese Robotics company has been showing off their newly designed rehabilitation suit. The HAL (hybrid assistive limb) is aimed to help those with weak leg muscles and mobility issues in daily life. It has sensors that read brain signals directing limb movement through …
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Aug
03
Glancing at Personal Navigation Devices Can Affect Driving
Hello ecebloggers, Over the past semester Andrew Kun, Tim Paek, Zeljko Medenica, Oskar Palinko, and I have been investigating the influence of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) on driving. Nowadays these devices are widespread in vehicles. They typically display the real-time location of the vehicle on a map and play spoken prompts when drivers need to …
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Apr
22
KLAS Project Video
Recently Mark Taipan and I completed the development of our Kingsbury Location Awareness System (KLAS) Video. Here you will see the development and operation of KLAS, and its principle functions, giving an example usage for both the Tour Guide and Navigation Applications. Hope you enjoy the video! Matthew Lape
Feb
11
Sensonomy Lecutre at IUI'09 by Jun Rekimoto
Yesterday brought an inspiring talk by Jun Rekimoto, the director of the Interaction Lab at Sony CSL and Professor at the University of Tokyo. The topic of the talk was Sensonomy, a new term coined by Jun which fuses Folksonomy with wireless sensor networks. The basic idea behind Sensonomy is to integrate the virtual and …
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