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Flying Robots Flip, Swarm and Move In Formation At UPenn

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-for-one-welcome-our-new-tiny-copter-overlords dept.

techgeek0279 writes "The University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory has released a video of flying nano quadrotor robots. Inspired by swarming habits in nature, these agile robots avoid obstructions and perform complex maneuvers as a group."

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  1. Freakin awesome by jhoegl · · Score: 5, Funny

    In one of those clips, I imagined "space invaders", in real life.
    Would be fun to play space invaders with swarms of things.

    1. Re:Freakin awesome by mdmkolbe · · Score: 5, Funny

      Would be fun to play space invaders with swarms of things.

      ... until they start carrying live ammo.

  2. Amazing... by stevenfuzz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until they realize they can band together to form a large man-eating mega bot.

  3. I for one, blah blah blah by artor3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know we don't have the collective willpower to skip the joke this time, so let's just get it out of the way.

    1. Re:I for one, blah blah blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I for one, welcome those who strive to save us from "I for one, welcome ... " jokes...

  4. Gonna find out who's naughty and nice by Eightbitgnosis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see no way in which this technology could be used to invade the privacy of citizens across the world

  5. Re:Slash-Old by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah. I hear the same complaint from a lot of people.

    Do you all move in some sort of coordinated swarm or something?

    --
    Have gnu, will travel.
  6. Ah Bollywood by The_mad_linguist · · Score: 5, Funny

    We aren't quite at the level of Indian Robot Endhiran yet.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBnl_krN_U