The Distributed Flight Array

[potpie921]

great

[raymondoung]

Here, each motor is rated at 50W and we operate at around 70% duty-cycle.

[darwalid]

i'd like to know how many watts the single motor consume?

thx

[helen0618]

群聚浮島或飛行器!

[triplejayvideos]

why is he wearing a glove?

[DeltaTangoCharly]

nice

[BabyyyyAshleeaj381]

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[Hekateras]

I can almost taste the sweet days of the sci-fi future when people will be looking back on these vids with the same bewildered nostalgia we get when looking at room-sized light bulb computers...

[Derantikorper]

whaa! it sounds like a tie fighter almost bahahaha adorable.

[artman40]

I bet someone asks for a cheap thumbs up by asking to thumb up when being redirected here from some website.

[Afurry15]

hey what's the name of this song. 

[vovo4kaX]

amazing!!!

[dodecahedroification]

Can 3 a three module array still fly stably, or do you need at least 4

Cool project

[raymondoung]

@dodecahedroification Since each of the modules produce equivalent amounts of thrust and torque, you do need at least 4 so that it doesn't uncontrollably yaw. In this particular arrangement of modules, two rotors are rotating clockwise and the other two are rotating counter-clockwise -- this cancels out the aerodynamic torques in trimmed flight.

[prometeo90]

@dodecahedroification tricopters exists but one motor needs a servo to change thrust direction. look for "tricopter" on youtube

[SvenOkonomi]

That thing slipping away and getting stuck to the ceiling like some lost balloon made me laugh. :p Cool project!

[vicentox1999]

the music is something to hate.

[alexgalego23]

it's very good

[Kron0pt]

I would like to see them docking while flying.

That's your next step maybe?

Nice video btw

[mkaatr]

So they can break down and assemble themselves again!!!

Kinda like "Liquid metal" from the second terminator movie .

[twopint32oz]

Who plays the piece? I know its Humoresque, just want to know who performed it.

[yonomasp]

symphony?

[yonomasp]

cool!

[torontoweddingphotog]

Cool. First thing I thought about was an emergency rescue system for aircraft...

[miturbinesdurti]

SKYNET is coming.

[ajrevenge14]

anynone knows the music?

i ve been searching for this a while now

[Extnoob]

@ajrevenge14 He's answered that twice now. Check the uploader's comments before commenting.

[ajrevenge14]

@Extnoob oops...:P

[flowerpt]

Nice work. Can they coordinate their thrust vectors yet to develop directional flight?

[raymondoung]

@flowerpt The modules don't have variable vectored thrust. But like a quadrocopter, it can be made to move around by varying the thrusts on each module. However, there's currently no on-board sensor to detect where its going.

[Levsha100]

You read "Prey" (John  Crichton)?

Very nice!

[raymondoung]

@Levsha100 I think you mean Michael Crichton.

[Levsha100]

@raymondoung Sorry, yes Michael .

[Bagatronic]

I am super intelligent.

[Pyroxidine]

Can your next project be to make robots that can replicate both themselves and other autonomous machines from spare parts and raw materials? I think if you combined that with your flying honeycomb sentinel deathbots you'd be really on to something here.

[ualue]

I for one welcome our new mini robot swarm overlords.

[GeronL1]

I can see military potential in its future already

[mojo75]

pretty cool, but might want to wait until its less clumsy for a demo.

[deadfrd]

Vertical stacking might be useful for increased lift?

[GrafArsch]

What is the intended purpose for the flight array?

[raymondoung]

@GrafArsch It's a research and teaching tool for distributed estimation and control.

[reaper22066]

@raymondoung *cough*takeovertheworld *cough*

[macanix]

*yawn*

///Falls asleep mid-video////

[raymondoung]

@rikoginete They can certainly break apart in flight, but they can't dock and undock in mid-flight. In any case, there's were only four modules (at least 4 is needed for stable flight), so we didn't have enough modules at the time to even consider the possibility of docking/undocking in mid-flight.

[nacoran]

@raymondoung How about docking on the ground on a rougher surface?

[raymondoung]

@nacoran Since the chassis to wheel clearance is very small, these modules only dock on relatively flat surfaces. However, the surface texture can be rough, like sandpaper.

[hfarnsworth100]

can you control the speed of propellers/altitude?

[raymondoung]

@hfarnsworth100 The speed of the propellers can be controlled. However the first revision (what you see in the video) can't sense its altitude very well.

[hfarnsworth100]

very cool! what's the music?

[raymondoung]

@hfarnsworth100 'Humoresque' by Dvorak.

[NicleT]

Very impressive !

Ho! Can you tell me what is that tune please? It is Chopin isn't? But what's the name of the piece?

Many thanks.

[raymondoung]

@NicleT Not Chopin. 'Humoresque' by Dvorak.

[NicleT]

@raymondoung Haarg! I was completely wrong.

Thank you so much! I'll look for this "Humoresque" right away.

[Xzeara]

SKYNET!

[crisanilucian]

sweet! self-assembling flying robots, I'd love to see that.

@raymondoung: I used to play that song when I was a kid. Would really love to re-learn it again. What's the name of it, or at least an author?

[raymondoung]

@crisanilucian The piece is called 'Humoresque' by Dvorak.

[RoboTekno]

Wow, this is awesome. Keep up the good work. Nice ending too ^_^

[Donsknotts]

i was expecting it to just cream that light at the end and explode,

would of been a much better ending...

[DJDevon3]

Needs a lot of work. Not bad for an introductory video on the concept. Long way to go before it's reliable.

[abhay598]

awsum man

i hav got nothing else to say



[stillgotit]

hey cous, how dorky yet so cool

[UntitledTitle]

nice music:-)