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The downwards camera for stabilization and landing is a cool idea. Did they come up with that, or has that been done before?
by 542458 5y ago
The downwards camera for stabilization and landing is a cool idea. Did they come up with that, or has that been done before?
- skybrian 4y agoIt's a common technique.
- ohyoutravel 4y agoSkydio has something like six cameras around it for this purpose, in addition to the main, gimble camera for footage.
- mdonahoe 4y agoUsing a single downwards-facing camera for position tracking via optical flow pre-dates Skydio (the Parrot AR-Drone had it in 2012 I think)
- ge96 4y agovisual inertial odometery can look at the ground to determine attitude along with imu
- Stevvo 4y agoNearly all consumer drones have them.