Nov 30, 2016 | Tidal, Uncategorized
Today the tidal team assembled our gimbal and GoPro 3 to our quadcopter. A gimbal is a mechanism that keeps an instrument like a camera horizontal and in a stable position while in motion. We need a gimbal because it is almost impossible to stabilize the camera long...
Nov 29, 2016 | Fire Rescue, home
We are the land based fire rescue team at Old Dominion University. What does that mean? Our team is focused on designing a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for the Carova Beach fire department in North Carolina. We are building a quadcopter that will be able to give fire...
Nov 28, 2016 | Fire Rescue
Brian Duvall, Steven Machamer on the Land Rescue team, and professor Dr. Thomas Alberts drove down to Knotts Island to be picked up by the Carova, North Carolina fire department by boat to go to there fire house. The task for this trip was to intentionally fly in...
Nov 27, 2016 | Sea Rescue
Our task is to build a drone that can fly out to sea up to 1/2 mile or so and inspect drifting ships and rafts to see if people are still on-board. Also, a secondary task, is to deliver a life preserver to someone caught in a RIP current. As a result certain aspects...
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