Cool quadracopter straight out of scifi

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http://hackaday.com/2010/05/28/quadcopter-acrobatics-like-nothing-weve-seen/

I think this is cool, but at the same time, I find it a little menacing. This thing is microprocessor controlled, and capable of reacting to real-time forces and commands in a way that makes older tech look like children's toys. I can almost see the lasers or surgical steel blades mounted on this thing as it sits perched in the dark, waiting...

 

[Krisken]

Far out. Thanks for that, Fade. I look forward to our future death robots from the air.

 

[SpecialKO]

Our only hope is that the robots, other robots, octopi-monsters, robot-octopi-monsters, and zombie-robot-octopi-monsters just don't get along.

 

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[Cheesy1]

Yeah, we're all gonna die.

 

[Emrys]

http://hackaday.com/2010/05/28/quadcopter-acrobatics-like-nothing-weve-seen/

I think this is cool, but at the same time, I find it a little menacing. This thing is microprocessor controlled, and capable of reacting to real-time forces and commands in a way that makes older tech look like children's toys. I can almost see the lasers or surgical steel blades mounted on this thing as it sits perched in the dark, waiting...

It sees you when you're sleeping. It knows when you're awake. It knows when you've been bad or good, so BE GOOD! For the love of the gods, be good!

 

[figmentPez]

So, when do we get the home version controlled by an iPhone? The current model's movement is kinda slow and wobbly in comparison.

 

[SpecialKO]

If only I had known that Battlebots was training humans to survive in a robot-running world gone mad!!

 

[drifter]

 

[sixpackshaker]

I was hoping for something a bit bigger.

 

[drifter]