MIT tell me how to create a drone of your dreams
What could be better than a fancy drone with 4K camera and Dodge the obstacles? Perhaps only the drone, assembled with your own hands with unique design. This can help a new development of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of technology. They created a system design multicopters, for work which does not need to be an expert in the field of aerodynamics.
What could be better than a fancy drone with 4K camera and Dodge the obstacles? Perhaps only the drone, assembled with your own hands with unique design. This can help a new development of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of technology. They created a system design multicopters, for work which does not need to be an expert in the field of aerodynamics. Enough to collect your model and specify the desired load, then the program will check whether this would work in practice.
Like no other
As correctly noted by the researchers of the laboratory CSAIL, most drones on the market are equipped with four rotors, but this design is not universal. A custom design may be necessary for the transport of goods or specific forms, for example, the location of the cameras. In the MIT application the user selects from the base of the rotors, vanes, rods, and other components of the desired size and shape. In addition to the maximum load indicates allowable cost of materials and estimated time of flight. The system will immediately show if the model is not balanced and can’t fly straight. In future versions, perhaps there will be recommendations for the location of structural elements.
Not all
Of course, the development of MIT will do all the work for user — programming of the drone and testing the control system should already own. But enthusiasts will save a lot of time that would be spent on unsuccessful prototypes. According to the authors of the project, the system allows even a novice to create a design for your copter. At the moment it has no analogues, the only snag is that the software isn’t public access. One can only hope that the Institute will not delay the release, even preview.
Source: MIT
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