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To add some context, this page is run by Chris Anderson, formerly editor at Wired, and now CEO of 3D Robotics. His book "Makers" [1] includes a few stories abou

by jonemo 13y ago

To add some context, this page is run by Chris Anderson, formerly editor at Wired, and now CEO of 3D Robotics. His book "Makers" [1] includes a few stories about the DIY Drones community. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Makers-The-New-Industrial-Revolution/dp/0307720950/ http://www.amazon.com/Makers-The-New-Industrial-Revolution/d...

AsymetricCom 13y ago
Also, this is basically a forum + storefront for his internally developed drone kits. I find his Optical flow sensor the most interesting of these. I met him once when he gave a presentation at my employer. He is quite aware of the defense and security repercussions of this technology, but he didn't really want to discuss it. My impression is that he sees himself as a military consultant, long-term.
- Jackobyoshi 13y ago
  The Optical flow sensor is not his, it is: https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/modules/px4flow https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/modules/px4flow I say this, because the 3Drobotics/DIYdrones guy doesn't go out of his way to make these distinctions. These swiss guys have 3Drobotics/DIYdrones place the parts & sell their board because these guys have very aggressive marketing & a pick & place bot. This allows them to focus on the actual engineering. 3Drobotics/DIYdrones have a fork of the Swiss guys code with a generic interface plastered over the top. They are moving to this hardware, because "their" own hardware is out of date & no longer competitive with the current generation of STM32 hardware everyone now uses. They have a couple of employees who are capable of making this eventually approximate the original design.
  - AsymetricCom 13y ago
    He said his development team was working on a optical flow sensor and he showed us slides of his workshop. Perhaps they're selling a 3rd party until they can provide their own?

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To add some context, this page is run by Chris Anderson, formerly editor at Wired, and now CEO of 3D Robotics. His book "Makers" [1] includes a few stories abou

by jonemo 13y ago

AsymetricCom 13y ago
Also, this is basically a forum + storefront for his internally developed drone kits. I find his Optical flow sensor the most interesting of these. I met him once when he gave a presentation at my employer. He is quite aware of the defense and security repercussions of this technology, but he didn't really want to discuss it. My impression is that he sees himself as a military consultant, long-term.
- Jackobyoshi 13y ago
  The Optical flow sensor is not his, it is: https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/modules/px4flow https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/modules/px4flow I say this, because the 3Drobotics/DIYdrones guy doesn't go out of his way to make these distinctions. These swiss guys have 3Drobotics/DIYdrones place the parts & sell their board because these guys have very aggressive marketing & a pick & place bot. This allows them to focus on the actual engineering. 3Drobotics/DIYdrones have a fork of the Swiss guys code with a generic interface plastered over the top. They are moving to this hardware, because "their" own hardware is out of date & no longer competitive with the current generation of STM32 hardware everyone now uses. They have a couple of employees who are capable of making this eventually approximate the original design.
  - AsymetricCom 13y ago
    He said his development team was working on a optical flow sensor and he showed us slides of his workshop. Perhaps they're selling a 3rd party until they can provide their own?