Join me on STEAM | steamcommunity.com Follow me on TWITTER! | twitter.com Like me on FACEBOOK | facebook.com Watch me on LIVE STREAM | twitch.tv Add me on GOOGLE+ | goo.gl Subscribe to me on YOUTUBE | youtube.com Be a supporter by donating! | goo.gl Thanks for watching and checking out the links above! Feel free to rate and comment on the video that really helps me out. Don’t hesitate to subscribe for more or sharing this video link with a friend. Thank you for making me part of your day, I appreciate you spending your free time with me. Hopefully I will see you next time! ]]> http://www.uav.info/2012/01/29/battlefield-3---tip-07-unmanned-mav-uav-trick-quick-battlefield-bf3-tips-in-1-minute-or-less.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/12/15/new-uav-reviews-coming-soon.html http://www.uav.info/2011/12/15/new-uav-reviews-coming-soon.html#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:15:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=198

This is just an intro video. Met these leading UAV makers in China in Beijing and they promised to send me one system to review. Enjoy this video, full review, details and specs are coming soon on youtube and www.onlyflyingmachines.com Comments and feedback welcome at alishanmao@gmail.com , info@onlyflyingmachines.com or ali@redcatracing.com Don’t forget to visit http , www.redcatracing.com and Subscribe to http ]]> http://www.uav.info/2011/12/15/new-uav-reviews-coming-soon.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/10/31/aerovel-flexrotor-vtol-uav-transition-flight-tests.html http://www.uav.info/2011/10/31/aerovel-flexrotor-vtol-uav-transition-flight-tests.html#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:10:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=197

Aerovel video showing its prototype Flexrotor unmanned aircraft transitioning from vertical to horizontal and then horizontal to vertical flight. Flexrotor its a small VTOL long-endurance UAV. The prototype is called Pandora. ]]> http://www.uav.info/2011/10/31/aerovel-flexrotor-vtol-uav-transition-flight-tests.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/10/31/rise-of-the-drones-unmanned-systems-and-the-future-of-war.html http://www.uav.info/2011/10/31/rise-of-the-drones-unmanned-systems-and-the-future-of-war.html#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:01:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=196

Over the last decade, the number of unmanned systems and their applications has grown rapidly. So too has the number of operational, political, and legal questions associated with this technology.

The growing demand for and reliance on unmanned systems has serious implications, both on and off the battlefield. As the United States is engaged in two wars abroad, unmanned systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles, have become a centerpiece of that war effort. In recent years, the Department of Defense’s UAV inventory has rapidly grown in size, from 167 in 2002 to over seven thousand today. Last year, for the first time, the U.S. Air Force trained more unmanned pilots than traditional fighter pilots.

Some express no doubt that unmanned systems have been a boost to U.S. war efforts in the Middle East and South Asia. CIA Director Leon Panetta said last May that “drone strikes are the only game in town in terms of confronting or trying to disrupt the al Qaeda leadership.” Media reports over the last year that the top two leaders of the Pakistani Taliban were killed by drone strikes also support this argument.

But some critics argue that drone strikes are unethical at best and counter¬productive at worst. They point to the reportedly high rate of civilian casualties, which has been calculated by the New American Foundation to be around 32 percent, and argue that the strikes do more to stoke anti-Americanism than they do to weaken our enemies. A quick skim of any Pakistani newspaper provides some evidence to support this theory. This is particularly relevant in the era of counter-insurgency doctrine, a central tenet of which is, ‘first, do no harm.’

It also may be the case that we are fighting wars with modern technology under an antiquated set of laws. For example, if the United States uses unmanned weapons systems, does that require an official declaration of war or an authorization for the use of force?

Over the last decade, the number of unmanned systems and their applications has grown rapidly. So too has the number of operational, political, and legal questions associated with this technology.

The growing demand for and reliance on unmanned systems has serious implications, both on and off the battlefield. As the United States is engaged in two wars abroad, unmanned systems, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles, have become a centerpiece of that war effort. In recent years, the Department of Defense’s UAV inventory has rapidly grown in size, from 167 in 2002 to over seven thousand today. Last year, for the first time, the U.S. Air Force trained more unmanned pilots than traditional fighter pilots.

Some express no doubt that unmanned systems have been a boost to U.S. war efforts in the Middle East and South Asia. CIA Director Leon Panetta said last May that “drone strikes are the only game in town in terms of confronting or trying to disrupt the al Qaeda leadership.” Media reports over the last year that the top two leaders of the Pakistani Taliban were killed by drone strikes also support this argument.

But some critics argue that drone strikes are unethical at best and counter¬productive at worst. They point to the reportedly high rate of civilian casualties, which has been calculated by the New American Foundation to be around 32 percent, and argue that the strikes do more to stoke anti-Americanism than they do to weaken our enemies. A quick skim of any Pakistani newspaper provides some evidence to support this theory. This is particularly relevant in the era of counter-insurgency doctrine, a central tenet of which is, ‘first, do no harm.’

It also may be the case that we are fighting wars with modern technology under an antiquated set of laws. For example, if the United States uses unmanned weapons systems, does that require an official declaration of war or an authorization for the use of force?

Rise of the Drones: Unmanned Systems and the Future of War ]]> http://www.uav.info/2011/10/31/rise-of-the-drones-unmanned-systems-and-the-future-of-war.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/09/16/homemade-plane-for-uav-project-wip.html http://www.uav.info/2011/09/16/homemade-plane-for-uav-project-wip.html#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:05:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=195

This is a work in progress! This video is about the plane that I built for my UAV project. I still have some things to do before it will fly again. I rebuilt the plane several times because of crashes. I’m not sure if it will even fly yet because I crash the plane before it even gets off the ground. All parts are from HobbyKing, except for the 60A ESC that I got to replace the original 45A ESC that I blew up. Motor: Turnigy 35-42B 1250kv Brushless Outrunner ESC: Hobbyking SS Series 45-50A ESC with 3A BEC (before it blew up) Detrum 60A ESC with 3A BEC (after) Battery: Turnigy 5000mAh 3S 20C Lipo Servos: HK15178 10g Analog Servos Propeller: GWS HD9050 3 Blade Counter Rotating Prop ]]> http://www.uav.info/2011/09/16/homemade-plane-for-uav-project-wip.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/09/16/uav-cooperative-decision-and-control-challenges-and-practical-approaches-advances-in-design-and-control.html http://www.uav.info/2011/09/16/uav-cooperative-decision-and-control-challenges-and-practical-approaches-advances-in-design-and-control.html#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:55:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=194

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in military missions because they have the advantages of not placing human life at risk and of lowering operation costs via decreased vehicle weight. These benefits can be fully realized only if UAVs work cooperatively in groups with an efficient exchange of information. This book provides an authoritative reference on cooperative decision and control of UAVs and the means available to solve problems involving them.

The contributors present the information in a manner that abstracts the challenges from the concrete problems, making it possible to leverage the solution methods over a broader range of applications. The first chapter offers representative scenarios to describe the problem and its challenges. The second chapter closely examines these challenges by providing an overview of the algorithms that could be used for cooperative control of UAV teams. Later chapters offer methods for performing multiple tasks on multiple targets and assigning multiple tasks to multiple UAVs in one step. Other topics addressed are the application of mixed integer linear programming and genetic algorithms in situations with strict time constraints, the cooperation of UAVs when there are communication delays, and effectiveness measures derived for operations in uncertain environments.

The book has two appendices. The first describes the operation of the MultiUAV2 simulation software used to test the cooperation control algorithms, while the second details the UAV path planning problem and Dubins optimal trajectories. A supplementary website offers a MultiUAV2 software manual and relevant code.

Audience: The book is primarily geared toward researchers working on practical solutions for implementing systems with multiple UAVs. Academicians, students, and others who want to understand the field of UAV cooperative control will find this book a useful reference.

Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Challenges; Chapter 3: Single Task Tours; Chapter 4: Multiple Assignments; Chapter 5: Simultaneous Multiple Assignments; Chapter 6: Estimation Algorithms for Improved Cooperation under Uncertainty; Chapter 7: Effectiveness Measures for Operations in Uncertain Environments; Appendix A: MutliUAV Simulation; Appendix B: Path Planning for UAVs; Index

UAV Cooperative Decision and Control: Challenges and Practical Approaches (Advances in Design and Control) ]]> http://www.uav.info/2011/09/16/uav-cooperative-decision-and-control-challenges-and-practical-approaches-advances-in-design-and-control.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/09/14/an-ipad-is-childs-play-compared-to-the-apps-two-military.html http://www.uav.info/2011/09/14/an-ipad-is-childs-play-compared-to-the-apps-two-military.html#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:55:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=193

For example, Harris, a Pentagon contractor with experience in commercial broadcast video products, is working on an app for Apple’s iPad and other tablets that will allow a soldier on the ground to use touchscreen gestures to remotely move a camera aboard an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to find enemy weapons or troops, while watching what the camera sees on the tablet. The video information, combined with data about location and time, can be quickly transmitted using Harris video technology to a network manned by intelligence commanders around the globe who could make quick decisions about military targets.

Meanwhile, Pentagon contractor Intelligent Software Solutions (ISS) is readying a field test for Android and iPhone smartphone apps that will tell a soldier arriving in a war zone what fighting and bombings have already occurred at that precise location. Geo-mapping on the smartphones would be super-imposed with historical data sent wirelessly from a command center, showing the locations and types of encounters — from shootings and bombings to arrests — to better prepare troops on the ground.

The applications from Harris and ISS rely on relatively inexpensive smartphones and tablets, company officials said, either from Apple or various Android manufacturers. Such devices might cost $300 to $800 apiece, compared to super-rugged gear previously used in military operations that can cost $10,000 or more per device because they can withstand dust, drops and vibrations.

Another benefit to using commercially-available smartphones and tablets is that soldiers and other users know about them from civilian life, lessening the training time dramatically, an ISS executive said.

“We’ve seen first-hand what happens to a laptop used in the desert [in combat], so there’s going to be some problem with…these [consumer handheld] devices that are fairly inexpensive and almost disposable,” said Rob Rogers, vice president of national systems for ISS.

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“But if they break or get dust in them, you don’t have to shell out a lot to replace them,” he said. “It’s a trade-off. I would anticipate a lot of broken Androids and iPhones.”

One of ISS’s major goals is “to use off-the-shelf, widely used and generally accepted products…to drive down costs for the government,” Rogers said.

Since so many military personnel know how to use newer smartphones and tablets, rolling them out to soldiers and other military and law enforcement personnel means “we will not need a week-long training session.”

ISS has built its mobile intelligence visualization and event reporting application to run on multiple sizes of displays and form factors, Rogers explained. He would not disclose any terms or details of the ISS contract for the software with the Pentagon, however.

Harris is planning to demonstrate its remote camera guidance app for iPads or iPad 2s that could be used with military-grade UAVs at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in mid-April, said John Delay, director of architectures for emerging business at Harris.

Delay said Harris believes the military, law enforcement and various businesses will want to be able to use tablets and smartphones to remotely control cameras. One reason for that is that current tablet technology is viable for overhead surveillance is because image display quality has improved dramatically in the past three years, Delay said. Until recently, images were too grainy or unclear to provide reliable information.

“We’re going to see even more compelling devices,” he predicted.

Using the iPad or iPad 2, a soldier on the ground can move a camera on a UAV or other airborne vehicle, he said. “You can steer the camera and look at what you want,” Delay said. “There’s a lot of interest in this. If you can use sensors to give the ability to grab control of a camera and look over a hill [from the UAV], that is huge.”

That approach would eliminate the need for expensive ground control systems for cameras, he said. In the Harris example, the soldier with the iPad would not actually control the UAV’s flight and direction — just the camera, he noted.

Because the Harris video technology relies on the Internet Protocol, the video data can be transmitted over any wireless link, Delay added.

Harris also envisions such things as a soldier at a checkpoint in a military checkpoint conducting a video interrogation of a suspect with a standard iPhone or Android phone, then uploading that video to a back-end system where the subject’s face could be analyzed with facial recognition software. In the same way, photos could be quickly taken of vehicles and licenses for comparison with historical data, Delay said.

The video capabilities of inexpensive smartphones and tablets are pushing defense and public safety authorities to change their thinking about technology, Delay argued. “They are realizing that the media and entertainment industry are going faster than they can go, and for the first time in history, commercial developers are ahead, so they are looking to adapt those technologies,” Delay said.

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You can virtually find robotic technology everywhere—from remote controls, to digital clocks, to vehicles, computers, manufacturing equipment, UAVs, the toys like AIBO, ASIMO and even your commonplace ATMs. To be deemed a true robot, a machine must be able to interface and interact with its user and surroundings and respond accordingly. Robotic technology is being extensively in motor toys nowadays.

In the past, people thoroughly believed that there was a humanoid robotic race. Even in mythology we had the Greek god Hephaestus who said to have built automations to assist in the construction of temples. The Jews thought that clay golems could come alive and so did the Norse, about their clay giants. As early as the 4th century circa, the Greek mathematician Archytas claimed that he could make ‘the pigeon’, a steam powered bird—this was before Watt invented the steam engine. In the 9th century, war weapons were said to have utilized air and steam pressure to launch projectiles.

When it comes to motor toys, robotic technology has greatly evolved. Take for example toy human robots, does one want them to look like actual humans or the typical nuts-bolts-and-rivets type model? It is seen that children prefer high tech robots but only if they look cool and resemble some kind of a fighting machine not a human. Gundam, transformers etc are good examples of what children want their institution toys or motor toys (in Danish motorisk legetøj) to look like.

In recent times, if you are ready to dish out money then you can buy the three most recent types of robots—soft, swarm and haptic. Soft robots have a flexible endoskeleton and silicon body and resemble humans; swarm robots have multiple processors working in unison which gives them unprecedented computing power enabling them to interact better (like the Aibo) and finally the haptic robots which enable their users to interface with them on a virtual level. The power source has varied since the inception of robotic technology. Earlier automatons used air, water and steam; newer robots use DC motors, lithium batteries, air muscles, actuators and even hydrogen fuel cells. Robots have always been a thing of fascination for children. They make for great institution toys (in Danish institutionslegetøj) and help to inspire a feeling of interest in robotics and mechanics amongst the young minds. The robot Aibo for example will intrigue your child and urge him to find new ways to interact with the robot—this boosts creativity.

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Call of Duty Madness Playlist: www.youtube.com This wasn’t nearly as awesome as it could of been, due to the fact the lobby was full of a bunch of faggots who wouldn’t cooperate(YES THAT MEANS YOU M4 YOU CREATURE). But ya, still pretty decent. I’m not sure you can get much more than that into the sky. Plus. I need to set up raid, my black magic keeps dropping frames like crazy. ]]> http://www.uav.info/2011/08/02/mw2--uav-madness.html/feed 0 http://www.uav.info/2011/08/02/unmanned-air-systems-uav-design-development-and-deployment.html http://www.uav.info/2011/08/02/unmanned-air-systems-uav-design-development-and-deployment.html#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:50:59 +0000 UAV Directory http://www.uav.info/?page_id=188

Unmanned Aircraft Systems delivers a much needed introduction to UAV System technology, taking an integrated approach that avoids compartmentalising the subject. Arranged in four sections, parts 1-3 examine the way in which various engineering disciplines affect the design, development and deployment of UAS. The fourth section assesses the future challenges and opportunities of UAS.

Technological innovation and increasingly diverse applications are two key drivers of the rapid expansion of UAS technology. The global defence budget for UAS procurement is expanding, and in the future the market for civilian UAVs is expected to outmatch that of the military. Agriculture, meteorology, conservation and border control are just a few of the diverse areas in which UAVs are making a significant impact; the author addresses all of these applications, looking at the roles and technology behind both fixed wing and rotorcraft UAVs.

Leading aeronautical consultant Reg Austin co-founded the Bristol International Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) conferences in 1979, which are now the longest-established UAS conferences worldwide. In addition, Austin has over 40 years’ experience in the design and development of UAS. One of Austin’s programmes, the “Sprite UAV System” has been deployed around the world and operated by day and night, in all weathers.

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