[TriLUG] Linux SBCs and self-guided remote control vehicles

[R Radford]

Definitely stop by to see the triangle amateur robotics group, which has
recently merged with the Southeast NC IEEE Robotics and Automation
chapter.  Grayson Randall, the current chair of the R&A meeting was the
lead designer of one of the DARPA robotic land vehicles for 3 years in a
row, and is owner of Insight Racing (robotic vehicles).  There were several
Linux based computers in that project.

Also in the TAR side of the meeting, one person built a computer lawn mower
about 20 years ago - a major task at that time, and another person is
currently designing/planning one - no construction yet.

There has also been chatter on the NC nearspace list about gliders from
80k+ high, but that is just early discussion with no design.

On the Black Sky Telemetry group there is someone who is interested in a
Linux based hexacopter that will be self guided, and has already started
some of the construction and software/hardware control work.  In addition,
I also fly Raspberry Pi systems on nearspace balloons, taking photos,and
controlling an APRS link, amateur TV video link, and a WiFi link, as well
as taking lots of telemetry readings.

So if you can provide a few more details about what intrigues you, or what
your goals are, perhaps we can set you up with the right
person/people/group.

I'm on all the groups listed, and in addition to my nearspace RPi project,
I have also put Linux on several smaller robots involved in building
surveillance and room mapping/path planning,  I am also interested in
meeting and chatting with anyone who has a great Raspberry Pi project in
mind, and interested in building it and writing about it.



On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is anyone out there in TriLUG land converting any kind of remote control
> vehicles into self-guided drones of any kind hopefully using Linux-based
> SBCs?  If so I'd like to lear about it.
>
> Greg
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