Brandon Basso 3D Robotics on Skolkovo Robotics 2014

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Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery The View from Above Often, accurate, and low-cost map making from UAVs Brandon Basso Skolkovo Robotics Conference March 1, 2014

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  • 1. The View from Above Often, accurate, and low-cost map making from UAVs Brandon Basso Skolkovo Robotics Conference March 1, 2014

2. Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagerywhat can we see from the air? 3. 3D Robotics o170 Employees Berkeley Business, R&D San Diego Engineering Tijuana ManufacturingoLeading open universal autopilotoReady to fly multirotors and fixed wing aircraft Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery 4. The Community: DIY Droneso o oo o48,000 active users 2 million page views / month 8,000 blog posts 10,000 discussion threads 100,000 comments / year Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery 5. 32 bit ARM M4 Redundant sensors Plane, copter, rover, boat Android, Windows, Mac, Linux 100% open source 6. Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial ImageryAgriculture & Aerial Survey 7. Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial ImageryMapping WorkflowMission DefinitionAircraft OperationCamera OperationData Handlingo user interface o mission planning o path planningo takeoff/landing o path (re)planning o aircraft controlo camera settings o camera triggering o metadata recordingo o o odownlink stitching localization post-processing 8. Long time-scale phenomenaRyan Kunde, DRNK Wines Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery 9. Short time-scale phenomenaAirphrame Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery 10. NDVI Health3DR, Merced, 2013 Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery 11. Post flight analysis Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial Imagery 12. Why Agriculture Three Messages Existing Solutions Aerial ImageryFly every hour Auto takeoff, auto land Complexity 1-3 hours endurance Disposability 1 centimeter/pixel Utility 1-5km2 area