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My lower-midrange Hubsan X4+ FPV drone got stuck in a tree in the middle of winter. We managed to knock it down a couple of months ago (the drone, not the tree), while there was still lots of snow to cushion the fall. After weathering the elements ...

Brian Dipert EDN Back in May 2016, EDN published my teardown of Cheerson's $10 CX-10 quadrotor drone [ 1 ]. More recently, you saw my dissection and analysis of its $15 CX-10C sibling, with an integrated still and video camera that captured ...

Evan Lerner University of Pennsylvania Technology tends to move toward the bigger and better, cramming more and more features into a given product. But sometimes, less is more. Robots are often called on to do the jobs that are too dirty or ...

Brian Dipert EDN Latest-generation drones now cost around $1,000, if not more. Too rich for your blood? How about $100? Or how about .. $10? Seriously! Back in February, I picked up a Cheerson CX-10 Quadcopter for that price from bargain site Meh. ...

Bitcraze The Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter is a miniature quadcopter that fits in your hand. It only weights about 19 grams and is 9 cm motor-to-motor. Aside from being fun to fly, it’s main purpose is to be a versatile development platform that ...

John Donovan Low-Power Design When I was a boy I loved flying model airplanes. I’d laboriously build them from balsawood kits; cover them with tissue; and add a noisy .049 gas engine. Then I’d go to the neighborhood schoolyard and get ...

wired.com Arduino obviously helps achieving lots of tasks with minimal knowledge, and hardware needs. Its all there IDE, compiler, programmer and board. Tons of libraries and shields makes this thing hold strong positions among other platforms. ...