deadprogrammer / flying_robot

= flying_robot

http://github.com/deadprogrammer/flying_robot

== DESCRIPTION:

flying_robot takes a standard Ruby Arduino Development (RAD) project, and turns it into a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Plugins for RAD for cool UAV-related hardware, like Pololu motor controllers and Honeywell digital compass
* Complete support for Blimpduino hardware
* More plugins coming soon to support other available Arduino-based systems like ArduPilot

== SYNOPSIS:

flying_robot takes a standard Ruby Arduino Development (RAD) project, and turns it into a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). 
It includes plugin support for the following hardware:

* LiPo Battery Voltage
* Honeywell HMC6352 Digital Compass
* L293D Motor Driver
* Maxbotix Maxsonar Ultrasonic Range Finder
* Pololu Infrared Detector Array
* Pololu Micro Serial Motor Controller
* Pololu QIK Dual Serial Motor Controller

== REQUIREMENTS:

* sudo gem install rad

== INSTALL:

* sudo gem install deadprogrammer-flying_robot

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2009 Ron Evans

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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