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Yoyo
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Online Yoyo wrote Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 02, 2011, 15:32:28 PM
Remember all those synchronised, co-operating quadcopters?

Sometimes they disagree...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrxvqYlCDs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrxvqYlCDs</a>

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Oh, hang on - it isn't 'fly it like you borrowed it, land it like you stole it', is it!
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Gaza07
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Offline Gaza07 wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 19:10:48 PM
Nice find  :af

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nickr100
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Offline nickr100 wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 20:55:35 PM
some people have too much time and money on their hands!!   :D

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Yoyo
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Online Yoyo wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 21:24:10 PM
Quote from: nickr100 on July 06, 2011, 20:55:35 PM
some people have too much time and money on their hands!!   :D

Even better, that's a university robotics course in the US. When they are working well, they are much more impressive...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7X0_6o9J10" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7X0_6o9J10</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geqip_0Vjec" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geqip_0Vjec</a>

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Yoyo
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Online Yoyo wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 21:26:24 PM
Quote from: Yoyo on July 06, 2011, 21:24:10 PM
Even better, that's a university robotics course in the US. When they are working well, they are much more impressive...

Won't be long until Star Wars style 'practice droids' are out and about either...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CR5y8qZf0Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CR5y8qZf0Y</a>

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So that's where I've been going wrong...
nickr100
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Offline nickr100 wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 21:30:37 PM
flipping 'eck!!! impressive

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RGN
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Offline RGN wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 21:43:07 PM
That is amazing!

Thanks for sharing!

Richard

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tekiM
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Offline tekiM wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 23:26:58 PM
Quote from: RGN on July 06, 2011, 21:43:07 PM
That is amazing!

Isn't it just? - the thread title is well wide of the mark  :nananana:. 

That's one of the problems with the the net - the occasional failures get undue prominence and (while they are amusing) tend to give the impression that most scientific endeavour is FUBAR...

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Yoyo
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Online Yoyo wrote Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 23:31:34 PM
Quote from: tekiM on July 06, 2011, 23:26:58 PM
Isn't it just? - the thread title is well wide of the mark  :nananana:. 

That's one of the problems with the the net - the occasional failures get undue prominence and (while they are amusing) tend to give the impression that most scientific endeavour is FUBAR...

My fault, I assumed people would have seen the original videos already...


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tekiM
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Offline tekiM wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 06, 2011, 23:41:40 PM
I hadn't - but your thread did serve to bring them to my attention  :af

I should add that my second para wasn't a pop at you personally - more of a general observation  :)

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Cactus
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Offline Cactus wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 07, 2011, 12:34:45 PM
the flying through the thrown hoop confuses me, the quadcopter starts it's move before the hoops even begun to come back down, how did the system know it was going to come back down and not just carry on going up.
theres some clever stuff going on here, i'd like to see them develop it in the real world, because you can't have IR lamps and cameras dotted about outside.
does also look like uni kids d*cking about with toys just because they can tho don't it  ;D

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brand1068
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Offline brand1068 wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 07, 2011, 12:50:53 PM
Some more interesting stuff on their website.

http://uav-planning.no-ip.org:8080/uav-planning/wiki/Media

Chris

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Yoyo
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Online Yoyo wrote Not-so-clever quadcopters on July 07, 2011, 13:41:08 PM
Quote from: Cactus on July 07, 2011, 12:34:45 PM
the flying through the thrown hoop confuses me, the quadcopter starts it's move before the hoops even begun to come back down, how did the system know it was going to come back down and not just carry on going up.
theres some clever stuff going on here, i'd like to see them develop it in the real world, because you can't have IR lamps and cameras dotted about outside.
does also look like uni kids d*cking about with toys just because they can tho don't it  ;D

I think you mean 'experimenting with dynamic reactive control law scenarios'.

As for the hoop, I'd expect any autonomous control system to have a fairly good understanding of gravity. If it can see the hoop it can also track it and spot that it's unpowered and predict it's future path.

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Shaunie
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Offline Shaunie wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on February 03, 2012, 23:09:20 PM
Truly spooky, but I can imagine the military would pay a lot when the technology has matured enough to use. Imagine the possibilities for surveillance duties or anti-personnel devices.
Shaun

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liftseeker
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Online liftseeker wrote Re: Not-so-clever quadcopters on February 04, 2012, 09:33:06 AM
Who says it isnt used already Shaunie  ;)

I can see that bowl of porridge on your table now ... :ev :ev :ev :ev :ev

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