Reply With QuoteWhat's with that crazy angle of incidence, or is that variable thrust angle? Any video of it flying?
Test flight over Peru ruins could revolutionize archaeological mapping
by Jim Patterson | Posted on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 — 9:17 AM
Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests underway in Peru of a new system being developed at Vanderbilt University go well.
The Skate by Aurora Flight Sciences unmanned aerial vehicle will be integrated into a larger system that combines the flying device that can fit into a backpack with a software system that can discern an optimal flight pattern and transform the resulting data into three-dimensional maps.
The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Vanderbilt archaeologist Steven Wernke and engineering professor Julie A. Adams.
They call it SUAVe – for Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
More: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/08/a...gical-mapping/
What's with that crazy angle of incidence, or is that variable thrust angle? Any video of it flying?
Here are a couple of videos of the Skate, the basis for the SUAVe system:
and on the company's product page here:
http://www.aurora.aero/Products/Skate.aspx
Product Status: SkateŽ Digital System; available for delivery in March 2012
from http://www.aurora.aero/Common/Downlo...ucts/Skate.pdf
I wouldn't might having one!
Question - is it using something like LIDAR or just digital imaging???
so can we find aliens ruins now on this mapping tech?
My suspicion would be digital imaging, and that's only because I would expect a LIDAR payload to be more than that little UAV could handle.Originally Posted by Sierrakitten
But that really is just a guess on my part.
I think so too, LIDAR sofar seems to be a lot heavier.
Still aerial archeology is now available to everybody.
Archaeologists have tried to get the bird's eye view for a long time using everything imaginable like captive balloons, powered gliders or even RC aircraft with cameras.
This is just a new tool to get the whole perspective.
Indeed!I think so too, LIDAR sofar seems to be a lot heavier.
Still aerial archeology is now available to everybody.
Archaeologists have tried to get the bird's eye view for a long time using everything imaginable like captive balloons, powered gliders or even RC aircraft with cameras.
This is just a new tool to get the whole perspective.
Although, the pdf for this little craft does indicate custom payloads are available.
Last edited by Lt-Col A. Tack; 08-03-2012 at 10:18 AM.
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