Drone Build/Fly Class (ASM/REM 404)
2025-01-08 08:00 - 2025-03-07 17:00 UTC
Learn to build and fly drones in this hands-on class. We will be assembling, calibrating, and flying drones based on the Pixhawk open-source flight controller. This is an early 8-week course that will start at the beginning of the semester and end at spring break. Classes will meet Wednesdays from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Location TBD

Learn about how drones work by building, calibrating, and flying them.

Drone construction

Flight controllers

Sensor calibration

Flight tuning

Mission planning

UI Student Registration

Drone Lidar Workshop
2024-08-23 09:00 - 12:00 | UI Pitkin Nursery, 1025 Plant Science Rd, Moscow, Idaho, 83843, United States
Learn how to pilot, plan missions, and collect data with the Drone Lab’s Yellowscan Surveyor Ultra lidar drone. As part of the USDA NIFA Equipment Grant that funded the purchase of the drone lidar system, we are offering training to prospective users who want to collect lidar data for their class projects, teaching, or research. This workshop will focus on the following:

Setup of the drone lidar equipment (Freefly Astro drone, Yellowscan lidar, Emlid Reach RTK base station)

Basic flight skills with the Freefly Astro and Pro Pilot controller

Planning and executing lidar missions using Auterion Mission Control

Downloading and verifying lidar and RTK-GNSS data

Processing lidar data into point clouds

Registration link below.
