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SUMMARY:Captain Buzz: An all-smartphone autonomous delta-wing drone - Oliv
 er R. A. Chick (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20150518T130500Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Rice
DESCRIPTION:Fully autonomous hobbyist drones are typically controlled\nusi
 ng bespoke microcontrollers\, or general purpose low-level\ncontrollers su
 ch as the Arduino. However\, these devices\nonly have limited compute powe
 r and sensing capabilities\,\nand do not easily provide cellular connectiv
 ity options. We\npresent Captain Buzz\, an Android smartphone app capable\
 nof piloting a delta wing glider autonomously. Captain Buzz\ncan control s
 ervos directly via pulse width modulation signals\ntransmitted over the sm
 artphone audio port. Compared\nwith traditional approaches to building an 
 autopilot\, Captain\nBuzz allows users to leverage existing Android librar
 ies for\nflight control and innovative use-cases\, reprogram their autopil
 ot\nmidflight for rapid prototyping\, and reduces costs of\nbuilding drone
 s\n\n
LOCATION:SS03\, William Gates Building
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