{"id":6023,"date":"2015-05-04T07:28:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=6023"},"modified":"2015-05-04T07:38:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T07:38:11","slug":"ubuntu-takes-to-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=6023","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu takes to the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s first drone powered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a> Linux distribution has arrived, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.softpedia.com\/news\/The-World-s-First-Ubuntu-Powered-Drone-is-Here-Video-480010.shtml\">Softpedia reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Erle Robotics, a Spanish company known for all types of robots powered by Linux, <a href=\"http:\/\/erlerobotics.com\/blog\/erle-robotics-launches-ubuntu-snappy-core-drone\/\">launched<\/a> the world\u2019s first Ubuntu-powered drone on 3rd May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_61251\"  width=\"600\" height=\"338\"  data-origwidth=\"600\" data-origheight=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AEracGWi9wM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"Erle-Copter: First flight with Snappy Ubuntu Core\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Erle-Copter has a flight time of some 20 minutes and can handle a payload of 2 kg.<\/p>\n<p>As regards price, the Erle-Copter Ubuntu Core special edition drone costs &euro;399 for the very basic version, which won\u2019t fly. If you want to buy an Erle-Copter that flies and has the basic components, you will have to pay at least &euro;574.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Erle-Copter Ubuntu Core special edition drone is a Ubuntu-powered quadcopter that includes official support for new app store for drones and robots. It has official <abbr title=\"Robot Operating System\">ROS<\/abbr> support, capable of the different flight modes and [is] ideal for outdoor operations,&#8221; says Erle Robotics&#8217; Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>The version of Ubuntu used by the Erle-Copter is <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ubuntu.com\/en\/snappy\/\">Snappy Ubuntu Core<\/a>, a new version of Ubuntu for clouds and devices comprising a minimal server image with the same libraries as the conventional Ubuntu distribution, but applications are provided through a simpler mechanism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s first drone powered by the Ubuntu Linux distribution has arrived, Softpedia reports. Erle Robotics, a Spanish company known for all types of robots powered by Linux, launched the world\u2019s first Ubuntu-powered drone on 3rd May. The Erle-Copter has a flight time of some 20 minutes and can handle a payload of 2 kg. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,9],"tags":[19,12,23],"class_list":["post-6023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux-and-os-matters","category-open-source-software","category-tech","tag-free-software","tag-open-source","tag-tech-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6023"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6028,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions\/6028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}