Any word on this? Would love to talk about it during our next meeting. Best Regards,
Tarun Sharma On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 10:19 PM Charles West via TriEmbed < [email protected]> wrote: > It's basically the same as quadrotors, only way easier. You have all of > the same tools, you just don't have to worry about falling. > > Regarding where it would fly, it would be a relatively small cubby on the > ISS (with air). Currently, I am wondering if it would make sense for > people to do something like a programming camp around it. You would learn > to program the drone in simulation using python scripts (or other frontend) > and at the end of the program you would get to upload your code to the > drones on the ISS and see how you did (camera view from drone + side cames > + state estimation). > > You could have different challenges, such as docking or maybe 3d soccer > with multiple drones. > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:41 PM Carl Nobile <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wonder how they do it with Ingenuity on Mars? >> Though I don't think gravity has much to do with an accelerometer. >> Acceleration is acceleration anywhere. Air density is the bigger issue, but >> it can't be too low for the astronauts. >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 8:29 PM Jon Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> accelerometer-based flight stability would be an interesting challenge >>> in microgravity. >>> >>> On June 29, 2021 7:44:59 PM Carl Nobile via TriEmbed < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Charly, >>>> >>>> Any drone would only need directional and proximity control, but not >>>> lift. >>>> So my first question is, where would they actually fly these drones? In >>>> the ISS itself? They certainly couldn't in space. >>>> >>>> ~Carl >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:14 PM Charles West via TriEmbed < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello! >>>>> >>>>> I'm talking with Nanoracks about putting some free flying drones in a >>>>> compartment on the ISS. One of the big uncertainties is whether or not >>>>> people would be willing to pay for being able to fly something there. >>>>> There's been some fairly popular free (but restricted access) programs >>>>> with >>>>> free flying drones on the ISS (SPHERES, Astrobee) so I am hoping that >>>>> there >>>>> would be sufficient interest to at least break even. >>>>> >>>>> The latency is fairly high (500-1000 milliseconds), so direct control >>>>> probably wouldn't be that fun. That said, I was thinking it might be a >>>>> fun >>>>> thing for student coding competitions. My current idea for pricing is >>>>> that >>>>> it would be $50 for a 10 minute slot, with student code running on a >>>>> virtual machine on the drone. Users would also have access to a >>>>> simulation >>>>> of the environment and get video recording/tracking of the drone as it >>>>> performed their code. It would also be possible to rent out multiple >>>>> drones for a higher rate, if you wanted to do something fancier or get a >>>>> discount if other drones were able to operate at the same time. >>>>> >>>>> Overall, it would be pretty cheap for a "do something cool using code" >>>>> sort of thing since the cost for a slot is roughly on par with an arduino >>>>> kit. >>>>> >>>>> If I may ask, what do you think? Would it be popular? Would you do >>>>> it? Any idea how I could get proof one way or the other? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Charlie >>>>> >>>>> P.S. >>>>> The drones would have to fly in an opaque compartment, since NASA is >>>>> really weird about anything taking pictures of astronauts. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list >>>>> >>>>> To post message: [email protected] >>>>> List info: >>>>> http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org >>>>> TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: >>>>> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Carl J. 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