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Dancing Quadrocopters

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That would be fairly impressive if it actually had people controlling them…. but they’re doing it on their own, which goes beyond being impressive and actually becomes a bit scary.

Strange – I would have thought hexapods would have been the platform of choice for all this machine-learning/playing stuff. Apparently not

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3 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Some day they’ll start hiding what they already know. That day.

  2. By the way, I thought you’d be interested in this (in case you don’t already know): http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/flocking-robots/

  3. Nick Taylor

    That’s pretty cool :) – looks like these things are going through a “play” period before they start doing anything useful. Like people I guess. Mind you, some people never actually do manage to do anything useful… but you know… “looking busy” is often enough

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