Do you need it for a footbal game ?
/fun mode off
On Wednesday, 19 November 2014 at 17:42:16 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe
wrote:
I've been kinda wanting to build some kind of programmable
aircraft ever since watching DConf this year and now I'm
thinking about actually doing it.
What I'm envisioning is something like a quadcopter that we can
program to follow a pre-set course. Or something. A fun demo
might be to set it down in the school's gymnasium and set up a
number of waypoints it should hit autonomously. So nothing
extraordinarily complex, but cool to do yourself. (My
motivation here is mostly just cuz I think it would be cool,
but the local school is considering doing some kind of
programming robotics thing too and I know a guy with influence
on that so I might pitch an idea to them as a student
competition too)
A ground robot would be nice too, heck that's the kind of thing
I might be able to build entirely myself with a few motors and
an arduino or something. But a flying drone just takes the
coolness factor to the next level.
Have any off you ever thought about this kind of thing before?
Any suggestions on hardware or other tips to get started? Also,
I don't want to spend an enormous sum of money so keep budget
in mind too.
