Using OpenCV, few hsv launchpad values were taken to be processed and identified by the algorithm. Before starting, it is important to resize the images to get some comfortable sizes to work with. The original images are 4000×2250 and it Read more…
To recap, the first post of this series finished determining the Final GRC of our CONOPS, which was not reduced by the proposed ground mitigations and ended up being 2. Today, the post will cover the steps that will determine Read more…
The current drone regulation sets three different flight categories: Open. Low risk. Targets mainly ‘hobby’ activities. Specific. Medium risk. Supports professional activities. Certified. High risk. Similar to commercial aviation in terms of requirements. If you plan to fly in the Read more…
From the table shown below, you can see the short description, prices of the components, and where you can buy them. Brand name & Model Description Price Where we can buy it? 1 Pixhawk Cube Orange Features a 1,090 MHz Read more…
As mentioned in Activity 11, another option for controlling unmanned aircraft is dynamic flight planning. In general, in the drone platform, we use a Raspberry py as an onboard computer. The programs for our onboard computer are written in Python Read more…
Generally, there are 3 main types of control for unmanned aircraft flights which are manual flight, static flight plan, and dynamic flight plan. The manual flight control had been done in the previous activities. Here in this section, we will Read more…
In this section we will show how to recreate a terrain with a set of images using photogrammetry. The software that is going to be used for the process is Global Mapper. Although is not the most specialized application for Read more…
In this section we will see how to open the telemetry logs from all our flight tests and how to analyze them. In this case we will learn how to work with the ground telemetry logs, which are stored in Read more…
Once we have assemblied our drone and all the components are already on the frame, we are only one step away from being able to fly it for the very first time: the calibration. In order to calibrate our drone Read more…
The aim of this section is to learn the basics of how to configure and calibrate an autopilot for your drone. In our case, we used the Pixhawk Orange Cube. For the different steps of this process we followed the Read more…