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Control of precise aggressive maneuvers with an autonomous quadrotor helicopter. This is a small autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Demonstrations of flips, flight through windows, and quadrotor perching are shown. Work done at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania.
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easily the coolest thing i saw today
Comment by maynard — May 28, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
That is so cool – and seriously creepyfying.
Comment by F2 — May 28, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
I, for one, welcome our new flying robo-overlords.
Comment by Aaron Propst — May 28, 2010 @ 6:33 pm
These will work great with the self assembling adhoc network I am building called Skynet.
Comment by Erik — May 28, 2010 @ 6:33 pm
WOW! That is amazing work for autonomous flight! I would love to see what this technology could do for competitions, it could be adapted to the underwater competitions for subs and easily take 1st place in all of them! Never seen anything move so fast and precise in free space!
Comment by Robert — May 28, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
Anyone know what hardware they’re using, what kind of software, etc? Their website has no details about this project.
Comment by Drake P — May 28, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
I think you’re still safe – it looks like part of the trick is a roomfull of high-speed cameras watching the ‘copter.
Once they figure out how to mount the cameras on board and process the video there, you’d better keep your windows shut.
In the mean time, these look perfect for the set of the next spy-movie action thriller. Complete with menacing sound effects!
Comment by J. Peterson — May 29, 2010 @ 2:01 am
I liked it so much when I saw it friday that I built my own. It’s not autonomous yet, but give it time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV5HZIDCn58
Comment by Ian — May 30, 2010 @ 11:34 am
Details you can find on http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.169.1687&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Comment by Olli — September 7, 2010 @ 3:15 am