Rescuing Joe

Andrew Tridgell talks about Team Canberra UAVs attempt to rescue Outback Joe this year at this years Linux.conf.au  After a years gap things will start to hot up now for the OBC. The Ballarat Linux conference also sported a high altitude balloon launch.

CanberraUAV will be using the Ardupilot autopilot from DIYdrones and have already added some handy features for anyone considering using this autopilot for the OBC. Geo Fencing was added just before Christmas.

In September 2012 the CanberraUAV team will try to rescue ‘Outback Joe’ as part of the UAV outback challenge. This talk is all about the technology and techniques that we have developed for building an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that can search for and find a lost bushwalker in outback Australia.