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It looks like the bright lights in the room are being used for position sensing (along with what appear to be IR sensors on the top and bottom of the copter its
by yellowbkpk 16y ago
It looks like the bright lights in the room are being used for position sensing (along with what appear to be IR sensors on the top and bottom of the copter itself), so we don't have to worry about ninja quadcopters taking over our offices until they come up with a way to determine position without the help of IR blasters.
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- elliottkember 16y agoIn the comments, I think he says it's controlled remotely by a computer hooked up to cameras. So unless you go around putting IR cameras in your house and broadcasting their feed, I think you'll be okay. For now.
- grinich 16y agoYeah. I think it's a Vicon motion capture system. http://www.vicon.com/ http://www.vicon.com/ They're wildly expensive, but can give you sub-millimeter accuracy at like 100 Hz.
- rudyfink 16y agoI also noticed in one view that ceiling has extremely uniform air ducting, presumably to prevent any kind of gusts (possibly to cause them though). When I see this same demo being performed out in a field with a combination of variable rotating fans I'll start getting more concerned about robot overlords.