flying beaglebone (ben heck show

Question

hi Ben Could you make a sort of flying quadcopter with the beaglebone, that could folow you with a cam when you are playing a sport ? sorry for the spelling i am dutch :/

benheck · Accepted Answer

We are planning a quadrocopter episode for later this summer. We are open to cool ideas of what to put in it!

colecago · Answer

That would be pretty cool. You should be able use the openCV libraries for machine vision and tracking. I remember seeing a video awhile back where there was a quadracopter (or tricopter) that was following and recording someone water ski or jet ski. Don't remember where the video is now though.

Blacksheep32 · Answer

I vote for a Taco copter or a Pizza delivery copter, but with limited payload a beer or shot copter may be more feasible. Is there any reason why using helium balloons to offset heavy payloads isn't being used more?