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This does go a long way to explaining speeder bikes -- the human rider controls the gross movement, but the bike itself does obstacle avoidance. Otherwise, there's no way a regular stormtrooper could fly those through the thick forests of Endor.
I guess I was expecting something more like this goshawk flying through a forest, but maybe it's too much to ask for :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM&start=100
(Caution: On topic, but saddest short animation ever made)
The way the trees glow white in the plane view at 1:09 -- could they be using near infrared cameras or filters to help specifically with tree detection? Nowhere in the color video do the leaves look that bright. The paper doesn't seem to mention it though. http://groups.csail.mit.edu/robotics-center/public_papers/Ba...
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This does go a long way to explaining speeder bikes -- the human rider controls the gross movement, but the bike itself does obstacle avoidance. Otherwise, there's no way a regular stormtrooper could fly those through the thick forests of Endor.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In video games, there are a lot of clever tricks they use to make the player more likely to hit enemies. E.g. the cursor slows down when you get close to an enemy, and bullets bend towards them. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL1_ht1EdAU I wonder if tricks like these would work on real life vehicles.
>In video games in console games