The users of Android–powered smartphones and fans of the Parrot AR.Drone can now find a free version of AR.FreeFlight’s piloting application developed by Parrot on Android Market™. Once the application has been downloaded and connected via Wi-Fi with the quadricopter, the device’s screen turns into a true piloting station. Besides, the Software Development Kit of the Parrot AR.Drone, available...
Parrot, the creators of the AR.Drone quadricopter, announced two upcoming games for the device at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. AR.Race lets pilots set up real-life pylons to fly laps around, competing in real time with another quadricopter or in time trials, and AR.Flying Ace is an augmented reality game that pits two drones in a dogfight against...
Deutsche Weller reports that the German Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner believes sUAS are a privacy threat. The people at Parrot did themselves no favours when their advertising campaign which features a team harassing private individuals around the world caught the eye of the UKs CAA. The iPhone controlled multi rotor flying platform is a relatively simple device that can only...
AR Drone updates at the itunes store http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-flight/id373065271?mt=8Coming basically bringing better support for the iPad. There is also a mandatory firmware update for those wishing to play the newly released multiplayer game, AR Pursuit. Crunchgear puts the news this way:- The AR.Drone just got a little more awesome. Hard to believe, yes, but that’s what an augmented reality game can do to...
An initiative from the makers of the ARdrone, Parrot will put the cat amongst the pigeons in the competition world. Will other manufacturers follow suit and lend equipment to cash strapped students? Want to borrow an iDrone, read on. Missions The IMAV 2011 has four distinct competitions, all of which have a scoring mechanism that especially reward autonomously flying MAVs. Please note that only autonomous...
The Parrot ARdrone campaign has been pulled together, just in time for Christmas. Interesting that they use the term attack and mention several cities. Perhaps its something that is lost in translation. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d2418').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
The Parrot AR.Drone has been out in the wild for a little while now and groups are popping up with advice on upgrading and fixing the iPhone controlled multicopters. Even after a warning from the UK CAA to owners in the UK, Parrot continue to show the units being flown dangerously. Mini unmanned aircraft should fly with caution, says...
The marketing campaign for the Parrot AR.drone continues to get more extreme. Breaking several sections of the Air Navigation Order the marketers have flown over head Guards preparing to march in the centre of London. Article 138 applies to all weight categories and stipulates that any person operating an aircraft shall not recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to...
An active community is growing fast modifying the Parrot ARdrone here Most exciting development Linux based navigation. We have picked up a couple of interesting posts, Android is still not supported. Several people have had motors die and there is at least one fly away reported. The next logical step for hackers has to be bespoke frames. But once...
In a slick high profile launch at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The annual video game conference and show at the Los Angeles Convention centre the French Parrot company launched there quadrocopter. Expected to come in for less than $300 the camera equipped quad is tasked with playing Augmented Reality the AR part of the name, games. How they will...
