20g ornithopter with stereoscopic vision system yourself around obstacles Bashny.Net

In the laboratory, miniature aerial vehicles Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) created the world's smallest fully autonomous flying robot, which is able to avoid collisions with obstacles without any outside interference. He does this with the help of stereoscopic vision, which weighs four grams. The total weight of the device - twenty grams. Ornithopter called DelFly Explorer , able to survive in the air up to nine minutes.



Besides the two microcameras providing stereo image, DelFly Explorer uses for orientation in space gyros and barometer. Now ornithopter can only fly around the room at a given height, without bumping into obstacles. In the future, the laboratory staff want to teach him to fly through the door and window openings to his flight was not limited to one room. While talking about the commercial application is still early, the researchers believe that in the future these robots can be used for inspection of industrial facilities and installations, flying into the most inaccessible places.





Last summer, the laboratory miniature aerial vehicles presented another development - the world's smallest autopilot for quadrocopter. Board autopilot based on microcontroller ARM Cortex M3 MCU, equipped with accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, magnetometer and GPS, has dimensions of only two by two centimeters and weighs 2, 8 grams. This autopilot - part of a larger project to create a free and open drones Paparazzi .



Source: habrahabr.ru/company/nordavind/blog/211052/