U. Penn Super Quadcopter Learns New Tricks

Freddybear writes "University of Pennsylvania's GRASP lab posted new video of their scary fast maneuverable quad-rotor drone. It can now fly through openings (hoops) which are themselves moving." The entire list of GRASP projects is worth crawling through.

Manhack

[BradleyUffner]

Reminds me of the Manhacks from Half Life.
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Manhack [wikia.com]

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[karnal]

Did anyone else catch that at the 1 minute mark, the guy who just caught the hoop looks kinda frightened and drops the hoop, as if the Quadrotor wants to go through the hoop again?

Re:Good timing

[The Grim Reefer2]

I thought the recovery after being thrown was rather impressive as well.

I think if they have had several hoops swinging from strings at different speeds and heights as well as off set and it could somehow navigate that, I would be very impressed with is path negotiation abilities. As it is, I agree with you, it was had to tell exactly what they were demonstrating by throwing the hoop.

Re:Killing me in my sleep?

[kmahan]

I'm ok with using it to kill clowns. That seems like a public service.

Re:Manhack

[PiAndWhippedCream]

One of the most terrifying things I've seen in a video game. Whenever I hear something that even vaguely sounds like a manhack, I instinctively spin to face it, and attempt to take out the Crowbar/GravGun.