U. Penn Super Quadcopter Learns New Tricks 124
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 (Score:5, Interesting)
Reminds me of the Manhacks from Half Life.
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Manhack [wikia.com]
1:00 (Score:5, Interesting)
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 (Score:3, Interesting)
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? (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm ok with using it to kill clowns. That seems like a public service.
Re:Manhack (Score:2, Interesting)