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From: roy@engin.umich.edu (Roy William Feague)
Subject: Re: Flying Robots
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 92 11:08:29 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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In article <1992Oct15.124748.20538@cognos.com> faraghec@cognos.com (Chad Faragher) writes:
>What means are people using to create flying robots these days?
There is a group of grad students organized here at the University of Michigan
for the purpose of building small robots.  I am attempting to put together
a flying guy based on a couple of helium or hydrogen-filled weather balloons.
These are readily available through scientific mail-order catalogs, and
are available in diameters up to 16', which corresponds to a lifting force
of about 135 lbs.  Get a couple of these together, and you could go for a
fly in your lawn chair!  So anyway, my 'robot' is to be based on the 
ubiquitous MiniBoard, should have an altimeter and some crude altitude control,
and horizontal motion via electric motor-driven propellers.  And if
it flies, then we'll outfit it with a video camera.  Should be fun.
-Roy
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