Article: PIXHAWK Student Design Team Wins Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Competition Using Gumstix Overo Computer-On-Module.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Gumstix, Inc. today announced that one of its global customers, the PIXHAWK Micro Air Vehicle Team, won the Indoor Autonomy Competition at the European Micro Air Vehicle Conference (EMAV) 2009 held in The Netherlands on September 17th, 2009. For its image processing, the PIXHAWK entry called the "PIXHAWK Pioneer" used the OMAP3530 processor-based Gumstix Overo(TM) Fire computer-on-module (COM) as its main onboard computer.

The EMAV conference and air robotic flight competition is a yearly event reflecting the advances in the micro air vehicle research field. The PIXHAWK Pioneer, developed in six months by a team of 14 ...

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