TED: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

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TED: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

Postby John.com » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:41 am

This is FASCINATING! Well worth a look!

In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.

Roboticist Raffaello D'Andrea explores the possibilities of autonomous technology by collaborating with artists, architects and engineers.

http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_an ... pters.html

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Re: TED: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

Postby Air Hog » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:28 am

I want one!!!!
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