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Mantis
Brisbane, Queensland
809 posts


Creepy. But cool.
10:04am 02/02/12 Permalink
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gamer
2237 posts
Hrmmm im a little sketical...

The formation movements looked like all the copters were just executing the same commands at the same time, not really adjusting to each other and working together to stay in formation.

Also the movement through the window looked hard-coded/scripted and not like all the copters were working out for themselves how to take turns to get through and then how to get back in formation.

All looked very hard coded. Good proof-of-concept, but not good proof of AI.
10:15am 02/02/12 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
12471 posts
gamer, they would be controlled by a computer. The onboard Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) on each nanoquad would be used to calculate their postion in space and the computer would control each nanoquad's position based on that.

Looks very cool. It's a great proof of concept, and you need to have everything right at this level before you upscale to quads that can erect bridges/buildings and other useful things.
10:26am 02/02/12 Permalink
demon
Brisbane, Queensland
6662 posts
pretty cool no matter how the controlling is done imo :D

i look forward to our mighty quadcopter overlords.
10:51am 02/02/12 Permalink
sLaps_Forehead
Brisbane, Queensland
5766 posts
needs pew pew lasers
11:26am 02/02/12 Permalink
demon
Brisbane, Queensland
6663 posts
they need to make them look like robotic wasps with stingers :D
11:30am 02/02/12 Permalink
Trauma
Melbourne, Victoria
2257 posts
Awesome, I'll take 10.
11:44am 02/02/12 Permalink
focal
Brisbane, Queensland
210 posts
They probably have a battery life of 1 minute
12:01pm 02/02/12 Permalink
Raven
Melbourne, Victoria
6445 posts
WaaaaaAaant!
12:24pm 02/02/12 Permalink
DecayingCorpse
Brisbane, Queensland
1921 posts
that ^
12:30pm 02/02/12 Permalink
Outlaw
Gold Coast, Queensland
1307 posts
epic, so tiny

12:52pm 02/02/12 Permalink
FraktuRe
Gold Coast, Queensland
4026 posts
I came expecting microscopic quadrotors, disappoint.

The formation movements looked like all the copters were just executing the same commands at the same time, not really adjusting to each other and working together to stay in formation.


You're stupid, you can clearly see when they get too close to each other they adjust.
01:36pm 02/02/12 Permalink
Tollaz0r!
Brisbane, Queensland
12239 posts
Pfft, they should set them up Space invaders style and shoot them out of the sky with a nerf gun.
02:28pm 02/02/12 Permalink
thermite
Brisbane, Queensland
8846 posts
Yeah pretty much agree with the battery comment. Anything like this fails instantly because nobody has ever invented a decent way to power a portable device. I got into RC choppers last year, and the battery thing quickly kills your enthusiasm.

Stop inventing BULLSHIT, and make a breakthrough in science please.
02:32pm 02/02/12 Permalink
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