Friday, March 15, 2013

Quadrocopter Pole Acrobatics - YouTube

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http://loyalkng.com/2011/03/31/quadrocopter-ball-juggling-eth-flying-machine-area-by-mark-muller-sergei-lupashin-raffaello-dandrea/

8 comments:

Dylan said...

This is such a cool video. It's amazing that the helicopters can act like human acrobats and that they are programmed to do what they do. It's so amazing how they work because if they can be controlled to do that, there must be a lot of technology and physics involved into this. It was a cool and EDUCATIONAL video which I rate an A.

Dylan said...

It was also built in a way that it can be used as an acrobat and probably much more.

Kyle said...

This video was so cool. I like how the bottom helicopter launches itself into the air, and while the other helicopter is busy trying to catch the pole the first one launched, the first one is flipping and pirouetting in the air. It's fascinating that the people who made those helicopters took all the time to program the robots to act like human and just show their skills. Nice video Weston!

Finn said...

Wow. This is so amazing. I would totally go to the circus to see this instead of people being acrobats. They could change the whole world of entertainment to robots.

Yu-Kai said...

This video is a representation of how much technology has advanced within the last few years. We have built robots, stunt quadrocopters, and so many other things that aren't coming to mind right now. But I disagree with Dylan on one point: those specific quadrocopters can only be acrobats, mainly for one reason: they are programmed and shaped to be acrobats. For example, those quads would not be ideal load lifters because they cannot generate enough power to lift, say, a cabinet high enough. Overall this is an Avideo.

Chris said...

Thank you Mr. Weston. That was a very interesting video in a good way. I wonder how many commands and where he programmed the helicopters to do all of those tricks. I like how he explains the motions thoroughly and talks about them in his awesome accent. I like how he shows where the poles go and what the programmes would be if you saw one. I think it is great to see someone do this with robots. I think it is amazing that the reaction time of the catching robot is so unbelievably fast. Overall, I think I rate this video a 94/100 which would technically be an A.

Ben said...

That was amazing! It is amazing that the programming can actually have the helicopters balance pole. These are the acrobats of the future. It is amazing and the work done on that must have been hard.

Miles said...

This video is amazing. This must have taken an extremely long time to program and build. How this machine can launch a pole into the air, catch it, and balance it is just amazing. I wonder how this can help us in the future, maybe it can help carry items for people. This is the coolest thing i have ever seen, and i hope to see more of it in the future.