The Drone
Our drone was developed in association with Avular Eindhoven, a manufacturer of drones. Some parts are specifically designed for light shows.
News: drone flying with optitrack
Last week we managed to fly the drone with our new positioning system for the first time. Previously, we had been using an ultra-wide band system, but our new optitrack system is much more accurate (sub millimeter precision!) and faster (120 Hz). This will enable us to fly the drone shows designed with our app
TU/e’s first ever drone contest
We are happy to announce that we are organizing a droneshow contest at the TU/e from the 13th of May till the 2nd of June! We already put posters up all over the TU/e so be sure to check them out. Of course we will also keep you updated on this website as well as
Robotics Symposium 2019
On the 24th of January 2019, Firefly attended the Robotics Symposium at the University of Technology in Eindhoven. There was an interesting program of different speakers, including professors from the university but also the head of robotics from Google Deepmind, who addressed all aspects of robotics. Not only the technical robotics field was relevant here
Article for Cursor
Today an article about our team has appeared on the website of Cursor! Cursor is the news platform of the TU/e where you can find weekly news updates on what is happening on and around the University of Technology in Eindhoven. They have written a great article about our team, what we have been up
New show design (concepts)
We have been working hard on a new show design. We have created three different concepts and made some sketches and animations for them. If you are interested, have a look at them below!
TMC video
For the TMC event, on the 19th of April, we created a video that shows our presentation! It also gives you an impression of the ambiance of the day. Feel free to watch it below
Entrepreneural Experience Event at TMC
Last Thursday we attended the Entrepreneural Experience Event (E3) organized by TMC. It was a great opportunity to show people participating in high tech industries in their every day life what we are creating with the Firefly team. We had some interesting conversations with employees from TMC, entrepreneurs and technical students while networking downstairs.
Bowling activity
We all went for bowling last Thursday (March 15), it was a huge success! It built the team spirit and most of all it was great fun! Check out the pics.
New Animation Environment
We have a new animation environment! It allows to visualize our tests in the robot soccer field in a much more realistic manner.
Feedforward
Yesterday (March 21st) we added feedforward to our controller and it really improved tracking! We now can control very well the overshoot we had before!