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Robot Planes and Helicopters Taught Aerobatics

Posted by Zonk on from the educating-the-bots dept.

holy_calamity writes "MIT and Georgia Tech researchers are teaching small robotic aircraft some impressive stunts. MIT's RC plane's can take off and land from vertical perches (video), while the Georgia Tech helicopter can land on slopes of up to sixty degrees, by flipping backwards into freefall as it lands (video)."

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  1. Re:One of the best Helicoptor pilots by jcr · · Score: 4, Informative

    UAVs have to make a trade-off of size for endurance. A UAV like the predator can stay aloft for hours, but something small enough to hand-launch would be impressive if it could even carry enough fuel to stay aloft for half an hour.

    -jcr

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