MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Indoor Robocopter 69
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at MIT's Robust Robotics Group have developed a robotic helicopter capable of autonomously flying inside buildings or other GPS-denied environments. It has an on-board camera and a laser scanner that maps the local environment. The video talks about search-and-rescue and civil engineering applications, but it also brings somewhat scary reminders of Minority Report to my head. How long till I see one of these chasing me down a dark alley? The team's website has more videos showing earlier stages of the project."
Re:I'd give it a year (Score:5, Funny)
I knew the
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that is tattooed on my ass would come handy.
Re:Dark alley (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Two biggest problems (Score:2, Funny)
How long? (Score:3, Funny)
How long till I see one of these chasing me down a dark alley?
That depends on what you were planning, citizen.
Pizza delivery (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'd give it a year (Score:1, Funny)
I knew the
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that is tattooed on my ass would come handy.
But have you changed your name to robot.txt?