New control techniques for drones now let them perform aerial acrobatics faster than the eye can follow. When combined with gesture based control, multidrone formations can be tamed with the wave of ...

Control allocation algorithms for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) avoid incorporating relatively minor aerodynamic effects such as ‘blade flapping' and induced drag in order to simplify the ...

Kerbal Space Program, the game that teaches engineers at JPL and SpaceX the basics of rocket design and orbital mechanics, recently had a giant update. There are now science contracts that require you ...

Centered around a project where teams (1 to 2 students per team) create and program a visually-guided autonomous quadrotor robot, this class focuses on advanced embedded control of an ...

We have featured a number of DIY quadrotor machines here on Geeky Gadgets, but this “Back to the Future” Flying DeLorean Quadrotor created by a Russian modder is definitely worth a mention. After the ...

Researchers based at Zhejiang University in China have produced a system for controlling a quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle with the mind. Dubbed "Flying Buddy 2", the system uses a standard, ...

Shershen drones can also be used in the oil and gas sector for control of oil and natural gas pipelines and environmental monitoring MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. The Shershen quadrotor that can ...

Centered around a project where teams (1 to 2 students per team) create and program a visually-guided autonomous quadrotor robot, this class focuses on advanced embedded control of an ...