Robotics/UAV
Drones, Droids and Robots
The Australian Federal Government’s ‘National Innovation and Science Agenda’ was hosting the school theme of ‘Drones, Droids and Robots’ last month. The aim of this theme is to ‘embrace [in schools] … real-world application of autonomous technologies in areas including agriculture, mining, manufacturing, medicine and space and deep ocean exploration’. A →
Hardware is Hard – Hardware That Flies is Impossible – 7 Lessons from the UAV Outback Challenge Winners
After spending last week observing and supporting Team Condor (Colombia) in the UAV Outback Challenge in Queensland Australia, it was clear →
UAV Challenge Mission Complete Team SWFA Drops Water to Outback Joe
Moments after I pressed the publish key on the last post Outback Joe is in Deep Shit, word came through that these two young brothers Ben & Daniel Dyer have managed to get their aircraft into the search zone, find Outback Joe and successfully drop him a 500ml bottle of →
UAV Outback Challenge – Brisbane UAV – Total Destruction Before & After Photos
I mentioned Jaimyn Mayer the Student from Brisbane in the previous post. What a champion. I really felt for him, his →
UAV Outback Challenge – This week is UAV Week
This week Im off to the temporary UAV Capital of the world Kingaroy in Queensland Australia. In a moment of craziness on Friday I agreed to drive Team Condor from Sydney to Kingaroy in QLD so they could get to the start line on Monday. Team Condor is made up →
