Ok, this is just too damn cool. The Surveyor crew have integrated the SRV-1 controller with a quad-rotor helicopter.
The heli, called "X-3D-BL Scientific," is from a German company called Ascending Technologies GmbH. I knew it was easy to use the SRV-1 controller for other wheeled vehicles, but seeing it on a UAV is pretty exciting. They don’t have too much info up yet, but it sounds promising. Here’s a video of the aircraft (without SRV-1 controller) in action:
Check out the original post, and keep an eye on the Surveyor Robotics Journal for updates!
Like Robots? Add us to your reader!
Syndicate
Subscribe to this site's RSS feed.

can that actually be done with two channels? or maybe 4 channel transmitter and receiver?