Our quads are mere toys: SEE THIS VIDEO!!!

Count · Jan 9, 2014

This is a little long, but gets more and more fascinating as it goes. Our Phantoms are childs toys compared to these quads: http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters.html

rmklaw · Jan 9, 2014

Amazing. I want one.

labmansid · Jan 9, 2014

Holy cow! That is very impressive stuff.

Wind_Shear · Jan 9, 2014

A cool demo, no doubt, and a good display of what quads are capable of with an unlimited budget and talented coders.

I wonder what that whole project cost, including the IR "gps" system.

Klaus · Jan 9, 2014

Wow that is amazing :!:

Jdacal · Jan 9, 2014

Very nice, thanks for sharing that!

Nvr2fst · Jan 9, 2014

That was awesome.
Now if they can do it without the simulated GPS system. I would guess that satellite GPS is not fine enough for this detail of precision. These quads on their own are probably not much more impressive than a Phantom. But with it they are amazing. So it is not enough to just want one of these, you will need the whole system and a very impressive bit of gray matter to write these algorithms.

Nice find. Thanks

dkr77573 · Jan 9, 2014

It's cool for what it is. We have to remember that the quads are part of a computer controlled, limited area. They have cameras everywhere, so the program knows exactly where every part is. It's more of an impressive demonstration of great programming.
Those quads are just regular quads that happen to be controlled by the computer.

Next step: putting the visual sensors on the quads themselves with a link to the computer so it can go outside.

(at least until we can fit the program on an onboard computer)

JJDu4 · Jan 11, 2014

That was amazing!!!

dkr77573 · Jan 16, 2014

I know this is OT, but what kid hasn't dreamt of this day? ;P

http://www.poweruptoys.com/#

Wind_Shear · Feb 26, 2014

Bump for great OT link and for anyone who missed this TED presentation.

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Redline · Mar 1, 2014

That was very cool, let's not forget he was using camera tracking, wonder if he could pull to off with a GPS base system. Very soon they will be using them to serve drinks...where did you find this?

cptdarel · Mar 2, 2014

all I can say is HOLY CRAP!!!

Narrator · Feb 9, 2015

I Just saw the video from the OP. Amazing!

Here's another:
Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEBkj_3PY[/youtube]

And for the sake of embedding, here's the original from the OP:
Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2itwFJCgFQ[/youtube]