clolsonus
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One of the rock star students working in the U of MN UAV lab made a really nice video about one of our projects. He agreed to let me share it, so here it is!
The "spotted wing drosophila" is an invasive fruit fly, not native to north america. It has spread through the USA rapidly and is currently devastating berry crops such as blue berries and raspberries among other things. It has the ability to chew into unripe, healthy berries and thus causes much more damage than ordinary fruit flies that typically go after rotten fallen fruit. We put together a customized aircraft and flight controller purpose built for hunting these pests. The aircraft is based on the X-UAV Talon and the flight controller and flight control software is something we developed in-house to support our various research projects. The name of the aircraft is "Ullr" loosely based on Norse mythology.
The "spotted wing drosophila" is an invasive fruit fly, not native to north america. It has spread through the USA rapidly and is currently devastating berry crops such as blue berries and raspberries among other things. It has the ability to chew into unripe, healthy berries and thus causes much more damage than ordinary fruit flies that typically go after rotten fallen fruit. We put together a customized aircraft and flight controller purpose built for hunting these pests. The aircraft is based on the X-UAV Talon and the flight controller and flight control software is something we developed in-house to support our various research projects. The name of the aircraft is "Ullr" loosely based on Norse mythology.