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Drone Interceptor with a Net Gun
- f38zf5vdt 5y agoNote that this is similar to the (patented) drone net system from HIRo lab. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdKNBSWPyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdKNBSWPyU
- jolmg 5y agoIt can carry the drone, but it doesn't seem to be able to move as fast. I wonder if it can really catch a drone trying to evade it.
- KennyBlanken 5y agoTIL a gun that shoots a net is patent-able. This is such an obvious thing that I don't see how they argued it was worthy of a patent.
- barbazoo 5y agoAnyone got an idea why in the simulation they targeted a bird?
- bradgranath 5y agoCause birds aren't real.
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- lgats 5y agothey showed an example of identifying the target, and in this case the identification indicated they have the wrong target so the attack was aborted
- cjbgkagh 5y agoI assume it was off the shelf drone training software that already had birds in it.
- DonHopkins 5y agoMaybe they used the targeting system from a cat drone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0hyg4kfaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0hyg4kfaw
- jolmg 5y agoThe end of the "Drone courier" video includes a trailer for Johnny Mnemonic, a cyberpunk film from 1981. Seems interesting.
- bitwize 5y agoProbably because it's intended for use as a "data courier" like Johnny Mnemonic himself, hence the "MNEMONIC" on the wings. And the movie is from 1995; the story is from 1981. I find it interesting how we're coming up on actual 2025, and if he wanted to smuggle 320 GiB of information with his body, Johnny needn't risk his life or his childhood memories; he could simply swallow a condom with an SD card in it. I still want a SinoLogic 16 with a GPL stealth module, Sogo-7 data gloves, a Burdine intelligent translator and Thomson eyephones, though.
- mrtksn 5y agoI think it's from 90's because there's young but not too young Keanu Reeves in it. Now I need to watch it because I have a thing for movies filmed in 90's and early 2000's.
- dwringer 5y agoRight on, the original story it's based on, by William Gibson, was published in 1981 but the movie is from the 90's. I think that movie is tragically underrated but it does have a bit of a cult following now at least.
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- ceeplusplus 5y agoA production version of "drone killers": https://www.anduril.com/hardware/anvil/ https://www.anduril.com/hardware/anvil/ This one's autonomous and rams the target instead of catching it with a net.
- formvoltron 5y agoCan the creator of these supply to Ukraine? They are using anti aircraft weapons to take down drones. the anti aircraft weapons obviously better saved for aircraft. https://ukrspecsystems.com/ https://ukrspecsystems.com/ these guys are a Ukrainian based drone maker, with contact info on the page. I'm sure they would be able to get these anti drone drones onto the battlefield. Could help Ukraine win the war.
- xwdv 5y agoDrones are aircraft.
- UnFleshedOne 5y agoThey are aircraft that is cheaper than anti-aircraft rockets normally used. One shot from anti-aircraft system cost 50-200k depending. This is great when the target costs 50 million, but drones costs start from 1k.
- worik 5y agoIf the target is trying to kill you, this calculus is less relevant.
- H8crilA 5y agoYou're right, but it can become significant, actually. And the target needn't try to kill you directly, it's enough that it can relay your position to a competent artillery unit. The Israeli Iron Dome is intercepting unguided ("dumb") rockets and shells that cost $500-$1500 each using missiles that cost ~$100k or more each. Had Hamas decided to launch 100 per day for a month it would exhaust the capacity fairly quickly. Ofc this kind of an action would reignite the war, but points at the problem with air defense systems. In fact I don't think there's a practical solution against an enemy that has cheap, non jammable drones with a very high density, like 1 per soldier or more. There's just no way to counter that, and cheap military drones start at $5k-$10k, so it is feasible to achieve this level of density.
- amelius 5y agoLooks like they use the net to disrupt the rotors. But what if the rotor blades of the attacked drone are shielded?
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- MisterTea 5y agoI imagine you could make a net who's mesh is made up of a light garland like cord with long fringes that get sucked into protective mesh and tangles the rotor.
- ffhhj 5y agoIs this the beginning of Drone-Piracy Age? Will people pay ransom for their drones and packages? Will England, Spain and Holland send their navies to rescue them?
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- anonymousiam 5y agoNeeds an autopilot feature so it can track and intercept the target once it is acquired. Aside from that, VERY COOL!
- Dolios 5y agoA larger version of these should be developed to take down the Orlan 10 Russian drones. Interestingly enough, the creator of this interceptor drone was born in Kiev.
- sudosysgen 5y agoAt this point you're just thinking of a crappier, more expensive, electric MANPAD. It would not be trivial to make one of these that can climb to 1km and acquire a target 2-3km away at over 200km/h. You'd be better off with a solid propellant, saclos guidance, and a fragmentation warhead.
- mburee 5y agoWouldn't even need propellant for these, Rheinmetall has some ammo they program as it's leaving the barrel to fragment just a couple metres before the target
- sudosysgen 5y agoYes, the issue is guidance though, bullets that can maneuver are extremely expensive also.
- DonHopkins 5y agoAfter viewing the Optical Remote Control video (the last on the page), I wonder if they only use artificial turds for training purposes, but drop live turds on actual Russian jammers?
- m3kw9 5y agoElectronic warfare is an issue for off the shelf things, but looking at Russian track record, it could have a decent chance of at least giving it a shot
- pftburger 5y agoThe same author has a prototype for a jamming resistant IR based control system.
- Helmut10001 5y agoCould this be used in the future to steal Amazon drone deliveries?