Quadcopters playing James Bond Theme

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These flying quadrotors are completely autonomous, meaning humans are not controlling them; rather they are controlled by a computer programed with instructions to play the instruments.

Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science is home to some of the most innovative robotics research on the planet, much of it coming out of the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception
(GRASP) Lab.


More information: http://www.upenn.edu/spotlights/penn-quadrotors-ted
 
There's some crazy element of childishness here, not really in a bad way, but I almost find it cute to see the little copters "marching" towards the keyboard like a grade school band. In any case, this is definitely impressive. Not really the same, but reminds me of something I saw a week ago:

 
Yeah, especially the second video when they do all that formations is kind a scary.
How long will it take till those guy patrolling the streets?

Frank
 
In the event of a robot uprising, I want to go on record now as saying I support all robot rights, including robot marriage.
 
Crazy (at 00:50) If I would not know better, I would say it CGI.

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