Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on February 15, 2013 at 1:53am

That will be the thick end of several million Euros with automatic docking and weather sensing. Will watch with interest.

Comment by Noth666 on February 15, 2013 at 7:27am

This will be pushing the envelope for sure, the comms part mean mesh networking, the autorecharge means coputer vision/pattern reading plus some intesting mechanical solutions.
Funnily enough this is all stuff I have been brainstorming about and developing on for about 5 yrs in total, I am based in The Netherlands and have my own company in the UAV field. The size of the project however is something I would not be able to handle most likely.
Will be watching with interest too.

Comment by Pieter Hermans on February 15, 2013 at 7:48am

Thanks for your comment. Oviously this project and the number of drones will grow step by step.

We will keep you posted.

Comment by Craig Fraser on February 15, 2013 at 8:19am

Did you see the flying "security drones" in this blog section recently (I'd say certainly less than 2 months ago) that are auto-docking for charging? Think they were only indoor units, as shown anyways. That outfit might make a good partner, or at least a contact to one, as the docking sounds like the most unusual part of the requirements.

Comment by Noth666 on February 15, 2013 at 8:29am

Well formation flight can pose obstacles as well depending on how tight the formation has to be, GPS is famously not up to the task and in most cases the control/coordination is either purely IMU/program based, or external computer vision systems are used to track the relative position of each formation partecipant.

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