Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Competition Tests Student-Built Aerial Espionage Robots

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

Zothecula writes "Some of the most advanced work in autonomous aerial robotics is not done by DARPA, or by massive corporations. Rather, it is accomplished by teams of university students who participate in the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC). For the past 23 years, the IARC has challenged college teams with missions requiring complex autonomous robotic behaviors that are often beyond the capabilities of even the most sophisticated military robots. This year's competition, which was held in China and the United States over the past week, saw the team from Tsinghua University in Beijing successfully complete the current mission – an elaborate espionage operation known as Mission Six."

3 of 33 comments (clear)

  1. What could go wrong? by DavidClarkeHR · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously. What could go wrong?

    --
    - Nec Impar Pluribus, or so I'm told.
    1. Re:What could go wrong? by pegasustonans · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Seriously. What could go wrong?

      You're ten years too late.

      Whatever could possibly go wrong is already definitely going wrong.

      --
      And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Will
  2. Re:Incredible battery life. Expensive? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Those aren't batteries. The battery is mounted horizontally under the center of the quadcopter. The oval white shape between the two red pieces of tape marking the front of the robot is a hole in the shrinkwrap tubing of the battery.