14 DAY TRIAL // The world is changing, and it looks like everything will soon be powered by operating systems and apps, and that includes drones, as unlikely as it might sound.
The Erle-Copter was presented a couple of weeks ago, but now its makers have returned with more details about this amazing piece of technology. This is not the average drone you can get at your mall and that can do basically three things, fly, crash into walls, and break. It's what you might call a smart drone, and it's powered by Ubuntu core.
To make things even more interesting, it's a drone that's powered by Ubuntu Core and apps, which is quite weird if you think about it. On the other hand, the makers of this drone do need to program it and run various "behaviors" on it. The Ubuntu OS was the perfect choice.
The Erle-Copter’s Ubuntu edition is just one example
Erle-Copter's Ubuntu edition is part of the IoT, the concept saying you can interconnect all the smart devices with online capabilities. We already presented today the fridge running Ubuntu, so a drone is not all that farfetched.
"Over the last months and with the support of Canonical, Erle Robotics engineers have been working hard to bring the first drone with apps to the market. Last week Erle Robotics introduced Erle-Copter Ubuntu Core special edition, a smart drone powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core that will stay secure automatically and can be upgraded with additional capabilities from the app store. With Erle-Copter’s Ubuntu edition, one can install drone apps (behaviors) using any device with a browser connected to the drone. Programming drone apps is done through the Robot Operating System (ROS)," reads the official announcement.
Drones and fridges are just the first waves of IoT devices, but be sure that more are coming our way.
