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tridim

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12. Note the multiple video cameras surrouding the lab..

Reply to wandy (Reply #11)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 10:48 AM

Feb 2012

I think this solution is just using camera tracking, which makes it much less impressive IMO. They aren't autonymous at all. There are no tracking cameras in the real world and GPS probably isn't going to be nearly accurate enough.

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A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors--WHOA! [View all] morningfog Feb 2012 OP

Neat! tridim Feb 2012 #1

I'm thinking more likely they're controlled by a central computer. TheWraith Feb 2012 #5

If you watch closely they self-correct individually. tridim Feb 2012 #6

Oh, fuck. cliffordu Feb 2012 #2

Except they can be stopped with a 10 dollar fish net. tridim Feb 2012 #3

Also, they won't be able to fly very far. TheWraith Feb 2012 #4

one camera on the "mothership" the rest are just cliffordu Feb 2012 #8

Unless there are 25,000 of them coming from 360 degrees..... cliffordu Feb 2012 #7

Shit - reminds me of the "eye identification" spiders in "Minority Report". HopeHoops Feb 2012 #9

Why when I watch this video do I think of gnats? KansDem Feb 2012 #10

Cool! I want a few. Then and again how does this work??? wandy Feb 2012 #11

Note the multiple video cameras surrouding the lab.. tridim Feb 2012 #12