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3D printed, mbed powered Quadrocopter prototyped in two weeks!

Check out this custom quadrocopter, taken from concept to flight in just 2 weeks built using a RepRap 3D printer and an mbed for the electronics and control!

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Here is a video showing it in action:

The mbed provides the 3 PID controllers needed for pitch, yaw and roll, and the gyros are taken from a Wii-motion plus. Great how to see the use of different rapid prototyping tools can pull something like this together in such a short amount of time!

It was designed by a member of the Imperial College Robotics Society. You can see more details at:

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