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ETH's Raffaello D'Andrea and the coming "machine revolution"

Posted by Chris Anderson on February 6, 2013 at 11:03pm

Raffaello D’Andrea from ETH (home of PX4!) wowed them at Zurich Minds. From Robohub:

During the 20 minute presentation, Raffaello D’Andrea revealed some of the key concepts behind his group’s impressive demonstrations of quadrocopters juggling, throwing and catching balls, dancing, and building structures – and illustrated them with live examples with quadrocopters flying on stage.

To watch him hurtle quadrocopters towards his audience, see them juggle balls and balance poles, and to find out what happens when control fails, check out the video:

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sergei lupashin February 8, 2013 at 8:21am

More background info on this video/event from our (D'Andrea's) lab:

http://robohub.org/surrounded-by-quadrocopters-on-stage-raffaello-d...
Gary McCray February 7, 2013 at 5:57pm

Very Inspiring, we live in interesting times.
Dave G February 7, 2013 at 12:22pm

That's a pretty impressive demonstration of calculated prediction and heuristic feedback control.
F1P February 7, 2013 at 10:45am

http://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/Fliegen-mit-Teamgeist-1787366.html?a...
F1P February 7, 2013 at 7:57am

http://vimeo.com/58002872
Bernard Michaud February 7, 2013 at 6:37am

Summing a fantastic future for DIY.

A must see for all new members.

It will sky rocket your motivation.
Jack Crossfire February 7, 2013 at 12:38am

Not commenting until the 3rd repost.

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