The use of phones to control devices like this is kind of old news .. what I'd be interested in more is a kit you can use that will turn your average iPhone into a flying drone itself .. bolt on some wings/rotors, charge up the batteries, and let it loose. Seems to me that is an accessory whose time has come .. perhaps its out there on the horizon somewhere already, who knows?
EDIT: It IS! This is what I want in the iPhone/drone department, next:
I've been playing with using Ubuntu phone as a brain for drones and robotics. People have been doing the same with Android for a while. There are lots of Arduino boards that communicate with Android either over bluetooth or OTG USB.
Sounds great .. have you got anything up online about how you're using the Ubuntu phone for this? I'd love to participate somehow .. I'm a long-time flying-thing builder (3 decades now) and to me this seems like a very ripe opportunity for someone to disrupt the drone world. Of course, there is an ulterior motive: getting people to launch their phones into the wide blue yonder, yay! :)
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The use of phones to control devices like this is kind of old news .. what I'd be interested in more is a kit you can use that will turn your average iPhone into a flying drone itself .. bolt on some wings/rotors, charge up the batteries, and let it loose. Seems to me that is an accessory whose time has come .. perhaps its out there on the horizon somewhere already, who knows?
EDIT: It IS! This is what I want in the iPhone/drone department, next:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhv7qmo63D4
(EDIT2: D'oh, looks like its CGI .. still, a man can dream..)
I've been playing with using Ubuntu phone as a brain for drones and robotics. People have been doing the same with Android for a while. There are lots of Arduino boards that communicate with Android either over bluetooth or OTG USB.
Sounds great .. have you got anything up online about how you're using the Ubuntu phone for this? I'd love to participate somehow .. I'm a long-time flying-thing builder (3 decades now) and to me this seems like a very ripe opportunity for someone to disrupt the drone world. Of course, there is an ulterior motive: getting people to launch their phones into the wide blue yonder, yay! :)
not yet, you can ping me at info (at) londonhelicam dot co dot uk