Manhacks to follow...

[Panda with issues...]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/autonomous-quadrocopter-flies-through-windows-straight-into-our/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/revenge-of-the-quadrocopters-now-they-move-in-packs-video/

 

[Huung]

Hehe, saw these a while back, being a robotics student

It's phenomenal the leaps and bounds we're making in technology - makes me wonder how long until the military does indeed create something like Manhacks...

 

[Wol]

Had seen the first link ages ago. The second one is quite cool

Dunno how well it works outside of a mocap suite though, and how much that actually contributes to it.

 

[Panda with issues...]

Hehe, saw these a while back, being a robotics student

It's phenomenal the leaps and bounds we're making in technology - makes me wonder how long until the military does indeed create something like Manhacks...

Yeah, I wonder if these would just scale up, and be able to carry girders and containers and stuff? Though wol's mocap comment probably has a bunch of truth to it

 

[VibroAxe]

Had seen the first link ages ago. The second one is quite cool

Dunno how well it works outside of a mocap suite though, and how much that actually contributes to it.

Indeed, it's unclear in the second video if they are using the mocap, or just using the room. I would more expect that fine control to be done using IMU's as there has to be a few on the quad's anyway to enable all the self-hovering stuff