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Cornell Builds Autonomous UAV

Posted by michael on from the million-and-one-uses dept.

tshak writes "From Microsoft Research, 'Faculty and students at Cornell University have built an unmanned airplane with its own on-board, embedded control system. The large-scale model plane flies by accessing coordinates from an off-the-shelf GPS unit.' Not only does the plane run XP embedded, but the software is written in C# on the .NET Compact Framework. This is all powered by an 800mhz Crusoe processor with 1GB of total system storage."

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  1. That's great... by deutschemonte · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...but can it run Linux?

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  2. Excuse me, but crash jokes aside... by jkrise · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What has the operating system got to do with UAV? It's a bit of a risk using a proprietary OS you know nothing about, to run these devices. RealTime Linux incidentally, is used by Pratt & Whitney - they should know a thing or two about aircraft control.

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  3. Unmanned flight? by js290 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Big deal... try something harder. ;-) http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint. html

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  4. Prior art by amightywind · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Faculty and students at Cornell University have built an unmanned airplane with its own on-board, embedded control system.

    Wow! Raytheon, Grumman, and others have only been doing this operationally for 10 years. Is this what $56G in cash buys Micro$oft? Good thing they are paying out a big dividend at the end of the year. It should put an end to pointless projects like this. As a Cornell graduate I am embarrassed for my alma mater.

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  5. Re:Cruise missile by glesga_kiss · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    And the difference between this and a cruise missile is what exactly?

    I think it depends on the colour of their skin or religion...provided they are white anglo-saxon Jesus worshipers, it will remain a UAV.

    Build it in an Arab country (with oil) and you'll have WMD! WMD! WMD! chants.