Blog posts tagged
"Drones"

19 posts

Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Autopilot Apps & Boards for Drones

Article Internet of Things

Drones are getting Snappy Autopilot Apps. On Indiegogo you can contribute to the PixHawk Fire (PXF). The PixHawk Fire (PXF) is an open hardware cape (daughter board) for the BeagleBone Black that allows you to create Snappy autopilot apps for drones. Behind the cape there is Erle Robotics, a startup based in Spain and led

Maarten Ectors
27 March 2015

Maarten Ectors
9 March 2015

Why Drones need Snappy Apps?

Article Internet of Things

Erle-Robotics just showed the world how Snappy Ubuntu Core can power the autopilot in their Erle-Copter drone and push drones to their limits. It is a really cool video but the message is a lot bigger. If you are a drone manufacturer or just a drone hobbyist, you might be an expert in building the

Maarten Ectors
9 March 2015

Canonical
6 March 2015

Internet of Things: Siralab Robotics

Article Cloud and server

Siralab Robotics has engineered and built an autonomous surface vehicle named TRASIBOT for environmental monitoring and surveillance tasks, focused on the evaluation of water quality and on providing seabed mapping. Development and production environments are based on Ubuntu OS and on ROS/GazeboSim system which...

Canonical
6 March 2015

Karl Williams
12 February 2015

Erlerobot

Article Cloud and server

Erle Robotics is building the next generation of open Linux-based personal drones that will educate, teach and inspire about robotics; their “Erle-Copter” is the first multicopter powered by the Ubuntu Core! We are delighted to reveal the Erle-Copter as the world’s first Ubuntu Core powered drone that will stay secure...

Karl Williams
12 February 2015

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

Ubuntu is Airborne

Article Internet of Things

Thanks to Erle Robotics Snappy Ubuntu Core is now airborne. See the first Ubuntu Core powered drone fly. Erle Robotics said the experience so far was amazing and Snappy Ubuntu is super lightweight.

Maarten Ectors
11 February 2015

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