autonomous flying robots!

[dodgem]

This is incredible!

From TED talks 2012, autonomous flying robots that can work together... There are so many possibilities for this tech I'm not sure where it would end! Have to say though, the first thing i thought of when I saw this was the Buzzhacks or whatever they were called from Half Life 2

Take a look, it really is pretty cool

Robots that fly and cooperate

 

[arknor]

helis are cooler

 

[raralis]

Real life space invaders!

 

[RomanNose]

Arknor impressive but not long till variable pitch quads etc. Then you won't be smiling xD.

 

[radderfire]

helis are cooler

Very impressive even if he does bin it at the end. I still think the quadrotors are much cooler though.

 

[Skillmister]

helis are cooler

He's pretty confident of not flying it into his own face

 

[arknor]

Arknor impressive but not long till variable pitch quads etc. Then you won't be smiling xD.

a quads never going to be as agile or fast as a heli

 

[The_blue]

This is incredible!

From TED talks 2012, autonomous flying robots that can work together... There are so many possibilities for this tech I'm not sure where it would end! Have to say though, the first thing i thought of when I saw this was the Buzzhacks or whatever they were called from Half Life 2

Take a look, it really is pretty cool

Robots that fly and cooperate

Thats just nuts at the end

 

[RomanNose]

http://vimeo.com/m/14604109
I doubt it xD.

 

[Cosimo]

I love the ending of the TED one. Brilliant!

 

[Blackhawk47]

I am sure this was posted before on here.

 

[arknor]

thats not fast its small and always passes close to the camera and its far from agile

 

[RomanNose]

Ok maybe you win but at least we don't need to put 20 hours in just to hover it.

 

[Banzai_Joe]

Mind = blown over the autonomous robots.....totally amazing and the potential application for them is almost limitless.

 

[arknor]

Ok maybe you win but at least we don't need to put 20 hours in just to hover it.

at 1:31 check how fast that flies straight up into the sky

quads are pretty slow and docile compared to helis.

you can get heli gyros addons that hover themself btw like "aliencommand"
http://www.heliguy.com/Extras/Helicopter-Stabilization-Systems/Alien-Command/

and you can also put GPs guidance on them like quadcopters

 

[ChrisJSY]

thats not fast its small and always passes close to the camera and its far from agile

Four rotors are more agile than a helicopter with one and a tail rotor, a helicopter can't do what a quadrotor can on the spot, it needs more momentum.

Speed is all determined by what you're sticking on to power it, someone sounds like they have a hardon for helicopters and wants to make it a competition.

 

[D.P.]

I know vijay kumar quite well, pretty sure he reviewed one of my papers.
This was basically the topic of my phd.

 

[RomanNose]

So D.p are helicopters more agile than helis? We need an engineer.

 

[arknor]

Four rotors are more agile than a helicopter with one and a tail rotor, a helicopter can't do what a quadrotor can on the spot, it needs more momentum.

Speed is all determined by what you're sticking on to power it, someone sounds like they have a hardon for helicopters and wants to make it a competition.

the small blades on a quad copter are innefficient no matter how large a motor you stick on them.

helis dont require more momentum because they arent fixed pitch like a quad

 

[ChrisJSY]

the small blades on a quad copter are innefficient no matter how large a motor you stick on them.

helis dont require more momentum because they arent fixed pitch like a quad

Ah ah ah, careful now, you're assuming there's no variable pitched quad-rotor coming , it's entirely possible and remember this is all new stuff.
Yes, helicopters do need momentum, even tiny ones like these; they can't go inverted on the spot, they need to climb vertically or gain forward speed, pitching the rotors to give forward motion isn't enough, hence why you nose down and increase rpm.