I'm sure the DOD would probably want a word with that guy
You don't think the DOD has tons of this stuff under its belt already?
PhD Student gets quadrotor helicopter moving aggressively
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#22Holy. Crap. Imagine what could become of this research in 5-10 years of sustained development? God help the poor sucker that needs to deal with one of those things when coupled with less than benevolent intentions. Imagine five of these, armed and working together? Good bye urban combat, hello robotic assassins.
It reminds me heavily of some of the bots in The Terminator movies.
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#23doesn't seem that crazy when you see someone doing this kind of stuff without computer assistance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zzhriAN9Bc
With respect to the skill displayed in that video, it's different from this research. The video you linked doesn't have the same precision displayed in the research; I don't think they'd be able to go from hovering, through a window, back to hovering as precisely as was shown in with the single copter craft. The single copter craft does turns, flips and dances all around, but it's over a much larger area and nor is t…
I do not dismiss this research: it is amazing. But, I also think you are underestimating the skill and sophistication of RC helicopter hobbyists. There are international competitions involving very complex, but well-defined and precise maneuvers.
For example, there is a maneuver named "chaos" in which the pilot continuously pirouettes while continuously flipping while continuously rotating the axis of the flip while holding the aircraft in a single position a few feet off the ground. It is tremendously difficult to even visualize this fully.
The research video also reminded me of this video, where an RC pilot lands on a vertical wall (without velcro): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ2HlePbD20#t=1m07s
Re: PhD Student gets quadrotor helicopter moving aggressively
#24I'm sure the DOD would probably want a word with that guy
Who do you think probably funded this? His advisor is funded by (at least) ONR, ARL, and DARPA.
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#25Holy. Crap. Imagine what could become of this research in 5-10 years of sustained development? God help the poor sucker that needs to deal with one of those things when coupled with less than benevolent intentions. Imagine five of these, armed and working together? Good bye urban combat, hello robotic assassins.
It reminds me heavily of some of the bots in The Terminator movies.
That's exactly what I thought. As a clunky non-flying biped, I for one welcome our new quadrotor overlords.
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#26I'm sure the DOD would probably want a word with that guy
This was my first thought. It's sad that whenever new technology is developed, governments think of ways to use the technology to kill people.
A simple look a history suggests that 99% of all human invention begins with looking for a better way of killing each other.
Don't blame governments, we're all like that.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
With respect to the skill displayed in that video, it's different from this research. The video you linked doesn't have the same precision displayed in the research; I don't think they'd be able to go from hovering, through a window, back to hovering as precisely as was shown in with the single copter craft. The single copter craft does turns, flips and dances all around, but it's over a much larger area and nor is t…
I do not dismiss this research: it is amazing. But, I also think you are underestimating the skill and sophistication of RC helicopter hobbyists. There are international competitions involving very complex, but well-defined and precise maneuvers. For example, there is a maneuver named "chaos" in which the pilot continuously pirouettes while continuously flipping while continuously rotating the axis of the flip while…
That was an amazing stunt. Has something like that been used as a plot device in an action movie yet?
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#28Holy. Crap. Imagine what could become of this research in 5-10 years of sustained development? God help the poor sucker that needs to deal with one of those things when coupled with less than benevolent intentions. Imagine five of these, armed and working together? Good bye urban combat, hello robotic assassins.
If the quadrotor helicopter gives you the willies, get a whiff of BIGDOG and his cousin LittleDog, which can accomodate rugged or unstable terrain:
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#29Nice! This is more of what I'd like to see on HN.
Might be asking too much, but I'd also like to see a thread discussing the possible parts, schematics, and source code I could use to hack one of these together myself :) To start: what kind of rotors are those? Are they expensive?
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#30But can they interface with Skynet?