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Swarm of Quads!

Posted by Ellison Chan on January 31, 2012 at 8:36pm

Latest Progress from the Folks at the GRASP Lab

Would love to see what flight control algorithm they're using on these things.

Great picture of the infrared lamps, at the end of the video:

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  • Emin Bu February 1, 2012 at 11:37pm

    Some people like to shoot guns(these are the one running things today in USA)....and some like to fly...MAKE LOVE NOT WAR

  • Ellison Chan February 1, 2012 at 4:03pm

    Lebdog, double post?  What censorship?

  • Ellison Chan February 1, 2012 at 3:15pm

    Wow those are pricey.  No radio included.

  • Kirill February 1, 2012 at 11:42am

    Check another one, this is awesome too:

  • Helitrasher February 1, 2012 at 10:46am

    I should have studied harder when I was in my teens so I could play with quads for a living !

  • Ellison Chan February 1, 2012 at 9:35am

    Yeah, a hit on the IR sensor could trigger a "controlled fall from the sky".  It's more satisfying than an RTL, since people like seeing feedback to the hit.  A RTL on hit would seem like it got away.

  • DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner February 1, 2012 at 9:26am
    @Ellison

    "Real bullets would destroy the drone, and make the sport unsustainable with the cost of replacement drones."

    Thanks for pointing that one out buddy, never would have got there myself.

    Note to self: Destroying expensive stuff, is.... expensive. Gottit

     :))))
  • Ellison Chan February 1, 2012 at 9:16am

    Yeah, but not with real bullets, just optical sensors, like laser tag with drones.  Real bullets would destroy the drone, and make the sport unsustainable with the cost of replacement drones.

  • Ellison Chan February 1, 2012 at 8:31am

    Yes, I'd pay good money to shoot down drones, as a sport.  Kind of like skeet shooting, with intelligent clay pigeons.

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    Dany Thivierge February 1, 2012 at 8:17am

    silly.... having them moving as if they were playing the arcade game would/should not trigger the wrath from google/youtube censorship! 

    can you imagine... a "real" simulator for Space Invaders!!  you have the top quads moving left/right and a quad turret "shooting"  at them (infra red tag game).  the "invaders" would go down when hit and that would be the first thing I program out of this expensive motion capture super system! 

    Guys if you are reading our posts please do it! :) hahaha

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