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Designing UAVs with Python, RabbitMQ and Redis
Just got back from a great pyconuk conference in Coventry this weekend. Met some interesting people and picked up some new ideas. My slides are available on slideshare: Pyconuk2011 View more...
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Pycel: Compiling Excel spreadsheets to Python and making pretty pictures
Background As described in my previous post, my job is to assemble a software suite that is used by aerospace engineers to design civillian UAVs. Our main use case being search and rescue. Every...
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“Click here” to design and build your UAV
This blog post summarizes the work I have been doing the past 8 months or so on an automated design system for (civillian) UAVs. Ive been meaning to do this post for a long time but wanted the tools...
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Imperial College Robotics Society Talk
I meant to post this some time ago but craziness at work and an overdose of family during the festive period intervened. Anyway, mid December I did a talk of our UAV work at the Imperial College...
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Using Javaprop in .net
JavaProp is tool for designing and analyzing propellers. From the website: JavaProp is a relatively simple program, which is based on the blade element theory. The blade is divided into small...
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Bridging Python and Matlab: Passing callbacks and optimization
This blog post is about a bridge I created that allows you to pass callbacks to Python functions directly to Matlab code without having to resort to things like sockets or COM. Background Designing our...
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Search and Resuce with UAVs, Worth it?
I gave an overview of the research I’m involved in in a previous post. In a nutshell its about looking at an agile design process for UAVs in the context of Search And Rescue (SAR) missions. Part of...
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A new UAV airframe, the Olympics, and Blue Peter
I realized I never really blogged about this, but the tools I put together were used to design another airframe. The mission was initially quite secretive but now I can reveal that we were working...
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DECODE Mark VI UAV test flight
A bit late after the fact but I have been meaning to do a short post about the latest UAV test flight. A new airframe was developed as part of the European 2Seas 3i project. 2Seas is an EU funded...
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Drones for Humanity and Drone User Group Network UK
One liner summary: If you are interested in applying drone/UAV technology (or are already doing so) to humanitarian/social/conservation related problems, and you live in the UK. then get in touch. I...
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The Autonomous Systems Showcase
Last week I attended the Autonomous Systems Showcase event at the University of Southampton. The focus of the event was to bring together industry, government and academia “to explore commercial and...
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