We wanted to share a fun video we made recently. Our drones can interact with obstacles and humans, which is opening amazing new applications, be it for accessing hard-to-reach places or for having fun with them.
We achieve that through a passively rotating protective cage an control algorithms that keep the drone stable at all times. More than just a protective cage, the fact that it can rotate really prevents collisions from disturbing the orientation of the drone (see animation below). Also, because the cage is decoupled, the apparent inertia is quite low and the drone is very reactive.
Hope you enjoyed, we look forward to show you more in the near future !
Flyability is a young spin-off from EPFL based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Please read more at www.flyability.com if you're interested.
Cheers,
Adrien
PS: We're currently shipping evaluation kits to professional users.
PS2: We're always looking for talented engineers (jobs@flyability.com)
Comments
Actually, 3D-printing them works quite well !
Very cool. I'll take one :)
Ah the Japanese ball drone bounces back.