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A consumer follow-me quad with a youtube camera launched via kickstarter? Probably not. A future DJI aerial photography product with a 4000-8000 price tag? Abso
by Phlarp 11y ago
A consumer follow-me quad with a youtube camera launched via kickstarter? Probably not. A future DJI aerial photography product with a 4000-8000 price tag? Absolutely. If Amazon ever intends to deploy these for actual package delivery instead of just PR they'll need redundant computers with a voting system, fault tolerant flight control algorithms with some kind of fault case detection and some kind of failsafe parachute / alarm system to slow down descent and alert anyone on the ground of an incoming object with 16+ razor sharp carbon fiber blades.
To say nothing of things like active sonar/lidar avoidance and a secondary navigation system of some sort for when GPS is unavailable.
- dharma1 11y agoAbsolutely, for the higher end. What scares me is these consumer drones with inexperienced pilots/autonomous tech without proper failsafes. I'm pretty sure they will be banned from ski slopes etc pretty quick. Optical flow can hold pretty stable when GPS is unavailable, other types of CV like SLAM even better.
- Phlarp 11y ago"What scares me is these consumer drones with inexperienced pilots/autonomous tech without proper failsafes." For people who are into building and flying multirotors in a hobbyist capacity-- this is the nightmare we live everyday since DJI showed up. Optical flow can hold position pretty well-- but will they be able to figure out how to navigate by it!?
- dharma1 11y agoFor autonomous navigation you need SLAM and some AI. We're not there yet but won't be too long. But yeah it won't be safe in crowded areas