The 2012 USF Engineering EXPO is now over and the X-Labs show was an awesome success!
We had a couple thousand people see our show over both days, and all demos worked beautifully. On Saturday, we actually had both Tesla Coils playing music. EXPO is currently the biggest event that X-Labs participates in, and the entire X-labs team contributed a huge amount of time and work to the show. This resulted in the best show we've had so far. Our performance this year will be hard to top, but we already have new projects and improvements lined up.
For those who don't know what X-Labs is, read About X-Labs
Please email someone on the Contact X-Labs list with any questions or comments.
If you are here because you saw the show and are interested in joining the club, you are welcome to come to a meeting and see what we do besides EXPO. We will have a large meeting Friday, March 2nd dedicated to any new members or people interested in the club. If you have never been to an X-Labs meeting, please plan to attend this meeting as your first. More information including the location will be posted here as this meeting date approaches, so please check for updates. X-Labs is completely free and the only requirements are curiosity and a passion for learning. We have meetings every Friday at 4:30p.m. on the main USF campus. Meetings typically last an hour or two and we work on actual projects after the meeting.
Here is a video of the X-labs show that Joe Register put together:
Last Updated on Monday, 20 February 2012 14:18
8/11/11
Written by Coyt Barringer
Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:15
Major X4 UAV Progress! The X-Labs X4 UAV has flown! About two weeks ago, we tested the plane at a field and got it in the air. X4 was under regular RC control and the entire video system worked like a charm. We are currently working on the Autopilot.
Here is the video from the flight:
PLEASE SEE THE "X4 HIGH ALTITUDE UAV" AND "X4 BLOG" LINKS ON THE LEFT FOR MORE INFO!
(The Plane! ^)
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:26
X4 UAV Progress!
Written by Coyt Barringer
Sunday, 05 June 2011 16:18
X-labs has been making great progress on our X4 UAV project! We have most of the parts so we can finally start doing what we do best - building! The UAV will be built over the next couple weeks; this means that we will have more "build" meetings outside of the normal Friday meetings. I will send emails out whenever we meet so any available members can help with the build.
The website has been updated some as well. Please check out the "High Altitude Balloon Projects" link and the "X4 High Altitude UAV" link on the left.
Here is a picture of the UAV components that we currently have:
4/24/11 Site Update
Written by Coyt Barringer
Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:54
Hello Everyone,
The X-Labs website is currently undergoing some improvements, so if things on the site seem weird or different over the next week or two it is all normal. I am currently working on improving the content and layout of the site. The bad spam problem should now be over due to the addition of the re-captcha I added in the account creation form.
It would be great if everyone could take a look at the updated content via the links on the left side of the page. I will be adding more content mainly to the X4 UAV page. Please let me know if any X-Labs members are interested in writing content.
We are making great progress as a club, lets keep up the good work!
Thanks,
Coyt Barringer
UAV system diagram
Written by Coyt Barringer
Sunday, 17 April 2011 21:12
This is the system diagram for the X4 High Altitude UAV. The UAV is currently X-Labs most ambitious project. The Goal is to send a small Unmanned Arial Vehicle to the edge of space and have it fly home to us bringing a variety of sensor data and high definition video from Space!
