Payload
The unmanned aerial vehicle dropped an autonomous payload... a Pelican Case with a servo controlled parachute, guided by GPS and accelerometers. Total cost of the autonomous payload was about $500 in parts.
The payload was dropped from 10,000 feet, and was only off by a matter of feet.
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Payload
The unmanned aerial vehicle dropped an autonomous payload... a Pelican Case with a servo controlled parachute, guided by GPS and accelerometers. Total cost of the autonomous payload was about $500 in parts.
The payload was dropped from 10,000 feet, and was only off by a matter of feet.
Academic paper here:
2,443
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0
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0
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Uploaded on May 7, 2011
Taken on May 3, 2011