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Hi,<br>
<br>
I'd like to create a Flight Control System using visual feedback
with <a href="http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/">ArduCopter</a>
from DIYDrones as an airframe. My main area of interest is attitude
stabilization with visual information in indoor environments.<br>
<br>
What I plan to do is:<br>
<ul>
<li>buy the ArduCopter airframe featuring a 16MHz Atmega1280, 3x
gyro, 3x accel, 3x magneto</li>
<li>add 4 sonar / IR sensors for wall detection</li>
<li>add a RGB camera and a video transmitter</li>
<li>add Xbee for communication (real-time quad to PC telemetry and
PC to quad control commands)<br>
</li>
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I hope to implement image-processing techniques in my PC to be able
to control the attitude of my quadrotor in real-time. The control
system would be onboard, the PC would only send camera-estimated
attitude info to the quadrotor. I'd also like, and hence the
question here, to build a simulation and visualization of the whole
system (including sensor measurement simulation). <br>
<br>
Can I benefit from using ROS in my design / simulation /
visualization? I'm working on the project only by myself and would
like to have some results in a year from now.<br>
<br>
Thanks for any suggestions helping me to achieve my goals.<br>
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