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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. Link to the Upenn home page by icebike · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Cool stuff, but it needs a link to the home page: https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/

    Very cool (and creepy) crawler bot video on the homepage.

    These flying bots remind me of you average Alaskan mosquito.

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    1. Re:Link to the Upenn home page by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      UPenn does a LOT with these quad rotors. They seem to have some pretty smart grad students working on this in research.

      One thing to point out is that this stuff doesn't always go as planned. Their Outtake Reel is pretty entertaining from "Oops" to "Oh shit there goes another few propellers."