Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight

[TheShortStory]

Comment while you can, people! As soon as these things learn to read we're gonna have to be awfully nice to them.

[XDPete]

Question: Going into Penn state Engineering, is the math and everything you talk about in your paper suppose to be known BEFORE going to Penn state? Or will that be taught there?

[kantastisk]

yea, so those are called "man hacks"

[jenovaprodigal]

You fuckers ought to be ashamed for developing this. Like all technology it will be militarized and misused.

[Reality2Void]

@jenovaprodigal you, good sir, are an idiot.

[jenovaprodigal]

@Reality2Void back that up with some facts other than just a random personal attack if you want to be taken seriously. Otherwise go back to your Legos, kid.

[docthebiker]

These quads can't be using GPS, compass, sonar, and baro for spacial awareness to that degree of accuracy.

I'm thinking there are quite a few emitters in that lab.

These won't be flying through your windows all on their own just yet.

Mind, there are commercially available boards that could be programmed to fly a claymore to just outside your office window all by itself, and your assassin could have been back in Kabul for a week ("Mr President").

[njm1112]

@docthebiker he even said there are 20 plus cameras/sensors that make it autonomous

[jbl456]

Amazing

[3agle123]

just add cameras... ULTIMATE SPYBOT!

[HolyZombiJesus]

manhacks

[ckaiser1985K]

Ahh so this is how they'll terrorize citizens of the future to prevent dissent

[AFVMasters]

 solution........fly swatter

[xAntiIdiot]

So, these could dock to battery chargers and patrol some area consantly. crazy!!!

[crunchybacon25]

I won't won

[SK3PTIX]

Honestly everything you see in this video demonstrates assassination methods. Just mount a tiny gun on that thing, fly through a window, kill the bastard, and stick to the wall so nobody suspects a thing.

[jeff2all]

Hunter/killer manhacks. they've been telling us in movies for years what the policestate are going to do to us, now it's a reality.

[Elefantdomi]

yea, but will it blend?

[sfcgoofy1982]

I need these

[Fusurugi]

manhacks!

[Mavev5]

Dude...

[theDbanz]

put some weapons of some sprt on them and boom. robot apocolypse begins

[ItsMeTrustly]

How fast on an average speed can this thing move at a horizontal flight pattern?

[ColonelMcMuffin69]

All they need now is a camera and a silencer for the rotors annnnnd GOOD BYE PRIVACY

[CarptheFish]

@ColonelMcMuffin69 Good-bye privacy, yes. And also, good-bye secrecy. ; ) Sousveillance, look it up.

[iddeenyear4]

shut up and take my money!



[bttb84]

Are these mac compatible?

[dronespace]

Mindblowing

[patatu99]

Increíble... la tecnología en su máxima expresión...

[Dextomus]

When can i get one?

[Raysphinx7]

We need these but 50 FEET TALL and with DEATH LASERS AND MISSILES!!!

[GDOGFRESHYO]

Shut up and take my money!

[Imozart0341I]

What kind of fly swatter should i use on these

[stargater94]

@Imozart0341I a crowbar.

[cracksmackandjack]

i want one

[extraltodeus]

I think i had my first geekgasm !

[Redbloodedsky]

X-Wings and TIE Fighters coming soon! :DDDD

[Nicro327]

Soldier: "Take the drones down! Open fire!"

UAV's: *barrel rolls and back-flips* -- "Intel scanned; returning to base, execute formation_04"

Soldiers: "Oh, my, god..."

Commander: "What just happened?"

Soldier: "Sir, we have a problem..."

Commander: *throws mug at wall* -- "FIX IT THEN"

[phantom1000A]

Flies through windows, to kill us in our homes.

[wrighjac]

clever girl...

[Aveiraslover]

Life just got hacked.

[TalonV9]

ik this might sound bad but i want to see this as a real helicopter :P

[merlin546]

HACKS! THE HACKS!

[nliausacmmv]

I'm waiting to see quiet versions with cameras dropped by the thousands from bombers.

[130hc]

Did you just the the 16 autonomous swarmbots,Skynet O_O

[lukosrage]

Battery Life?

Thats a pretty hard burn to stabilize it back each time.

[kirbyghoul]

@lukosrage One potential application could be to deliver explosives against human targets. If they were used for this purpose, battery life wouldn't be an issue.

[kirbyghoul]

@lukosrage No, and why is that a paranoid thing to suggest? These things look a great deal cheaper than the $70,000 hellfire missiles that the air force openly uses to blow up people today, and they are light enough to be carried by a soldier.

[MucusFelidae]

I want to see these weaponized!

[Vollhirni]

I guess it is very good that you can't stop mankind to develop and progress everything to the next level and beyond. On the other hand....frightening. Brrr.

[PantheraAlbus]

That would be an amazing type of helicopter. I would love to fly in a such.

[ghallorandom]

yes, but can it un-perch itself from the velcro??

[trogdorfiend]

The description says that they are "autonomous," meaning that they function independently of a user and from each other.

[isobodari1]

put some razors on it and you got manhacc

[Braveheart026]

Interesante

[D34THM45T3R]

are they remote controlled or are they programmed?

[dancingpainter1295]

dear santa...

[JT9531]

how much are these affected by wind currents?

[darkwolf524]

We're fucked...

[de4ler]

@darkwolf524 hahahahaha

[crcaccounts]

Military industrial complex will love this. You guys have a future working for Darpa. 

[towel213]

@crcaccounts ITs the other way around bro, this only means that the military will have some absoultley filthy gagets. Probably got these things mounted with missles an shit

[davededude]

this is what i want for christmas, where can i get one?

[ThEP1r4tE]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­ACKS!!

[HexCam]

So if you could combine some sort of induction charger with the perching you have a completely autonomous system that is ready to rock at a moment's notice and will take itself back to recharge when done. Multiple recharge points around your facility would give flexibility for applications like security. Motion sensors could pick up points of interest then automatically send the quad to investigate. Would certainly scare the life out of an intruder if that thing popped up in front of them! :)

[JDALSystems]

what motors & props are used on this ?

[mgey383]

more bullshit from your fucked up government wasting money

[SlayerExopsGamers]

@mgey383 If you don't live in this country then why do you care?

[blkwizzard50]

autonomous??? sounds like a scarry word

[alishanmao]

Yup Skynet and Terminator videos seems have shown us truth. all these aggressive machines when go autonomous won't feel safe among human and we will witness the real Terminator era. I am getting ready for it hehehe. Awesome technology though. we are not going to be safe soon in our homes. gotta keep windows close. hey what to do if a robot climbs up through my WC? LOL

[toolbaggers]

@alishanmao who's afraid of skynet? humans r the scourge of other humans

[ssyreeni]

So now Skynet is already becoming aggressive. Those babies clearly yearn for the photon torpedoes then, already.

[MrDontpissmeoff777]

yes but will it blend

[tecnocato]

39 fear the war against the machines.

[3593893]

Nice

[TheLaurencesachs]

Can we buy one???

[Guinnie]

@TheLaurencesachs yes you can the bitch is the programming

[looqmann1]

BETTER THAN A HUMAN PILOT

[HexCam]

@looqmann1 Most definitely! although there are some pretty awesome pilots out there! The issue for a human would be "seeing" the quad once through the window and flying from an onboard camera through gaps at that speed would be almost impossible due to video lag.

[toolbaggers]

@HexCam no need to see the quad once in the window if its primary purpose was to explode

[ez2curanut]

@HexCam "The issue for a human...".... . that's why humans are expendable :)

[looqmann1]

39 peoples are technophobes

[DrZiggyzoo1]

I need you for my helicopter pilot on BF3.

[Norvell07]

How much would it cost me?

[GoQuakers69]

another reason why UPenn is awesome

[Buzatesri]

Yikes - that is stunning

[jlopez9090]

I hear the military calling

[robthebuilder321]

we are so fucked



[mikionos]

Really amazing. Please make open source!

[ccdanieldb]

What motors, ESC and Frame are you using. Are the cameras onboard or mounted on the walls. Is the flight controle all on board or is it driven by remote. If driven by remote what is the com setup. Thanks for posting this video.

[Fahadsc81]

amazing maneuvering. Imagine that on a big scale.

[clanrat]

Very impressive.

[TheCompGame]

Where can i buy one?

[mmaaaxxo]

Holy shit; Am I the only imagining that thing flying through my bedroom window with a machine gun attached?!!

[1stCainite]

Now all we need is implanted control rigs for everyone who want them.

[landen99]

Any manned projects and products available to the public?

[gukonni]

Anybody who thinks that software cannot mimc the processes in the brain and produce intelligent-seeming behaviour is living in la la land, like the 20th century. Seriously, we're fast approaching things that were sci-fi just years ago. People like to spin all of it and spread fear. The reality is that this is no worse than many of our other inventions that can be used for good or bad. Humans will inevitably change in response to all of it. The world never stops changing.

[HexCam]

@gukonni I agree. A knife is a useful tool until someone turns it on another person. Anything is a weapon. There is research going into using these things to deliver medicines rapidly and things like that. The only real limitations have to be flight time and the ability to sense and avoid unexpected objects.

[toolbaggers]

@HexCam defending against, and killing man, is the most important tool in survival..we speak english sadly, because of the knife

[B0M0A0K]

Why is the room surrounded by read lights?

[1stCainite]

@B0M0A0K Perhaps it uses infrared light to navigate, or something.

[kirbyghoul]

Great job, University of Pennsylvania. Next, you should mount lasers on them so they can blind us from unlimited distances away after they burn our houses down.

[potestasofpopuli]

Fuckin' manhacks, man.

[4675797]

That very cool what applications is this program/quad copter used for

[trisky1234]

I do not! want to see these weaponized.. :(

[Matttix]

@trisky1234 oh but you will. sadly, and surely.

[toolbaggers]

@trisky1234 then u must blind urself, as weaponization of something like this is a natural progression

[kubarebo]

The transfer from "fast" flight to station holding overshoots like crazy... I think their controller is tuned for fast flying, and whatever parameters are there to tune it are inadequate when it needs to lose momentum.

[tracym427]

What motor/prop,esc,batt,motor spacing? Just curius, about to start ordering parts,and I somewhat know what to get, but your quads seem to have tons of power,nice

[musicResistances]

dude , the guy who is driving this thing must have some crazy skills :0

[TakaOkami]

@musicResistances They're autonomous. These are piloted by computer algorithms that dynamically figure out exactly how to fly to avoid all the obstacles.

[BobTheElder]

@musicResistances

dude, they're piloted by a computer program, which is WAY crazier (harder to achieve)

[lpcavedagne]

Holy Cow! This Guys Rocks!

[DragosLt]

Half-Life 2 manhacks!

[valdrec]

@stealthknifekiller I would have thought you'd want to encourage immigration in Australia, seeing as most of it's a desert.

[exnol]

I guess the net prevents it from getting out and killing John Connor.

[toadknight]

May i have a general idea of how this amazing machine works?

[JugglingUnicycler]

Jeez, not very often you see like four trolls fighting at once. Why can't we just comment on the video?...

[formulaformula1133]

how does a quadrotor work? 

[mocool50]

Holy shit! Future choppers??

[basslightning1]

that's bad fkin ass,, but if one flew thru my window ,, i'd grab a shotgun and shoot that biaatch

[380zeaiclies]

I love this quad rotor

[rmulr842]

but will it blend

[HexCam]

@rmulr842 With those rotors, it's the quad that does the blending :)

[hectiky]

This is like something off of Terminator Salvation (better than T3, IMO). You can just picture one of these things chasing someone through some tight, winding spaces when they thought they could easily lose it.

[frongjumping]

These are very cool and phenomenally mobile, but how durable and affordable are they? If they're too mechanically complex, then they'll be more likely to break at random or under harsh conditions, and if they cost too much to make, then we'll never be able to deploy them in large numbers. Good military technology needs to be sturdy and mass-produceable. We'll see if this qualifies or not.

[kubarebo]

@frongjumping The quadrotors are quite immaterial in this exercise. What matters is that they can only be controlled when you have a $10k/camera Vicon motion tracking system looking at them. They must be inside of a fairly limited volume (maybe 1000m^3), or the costs go crazy. Until they can reproduce this with an inertial reference (IMU), it's of academic importance only as the approach is wholly impractical.

[frongjumping]

@kubarebo Makes sense. No matter how impressive a technology is, cost will always have the final say in determining its practical value.

[HexCam]

@frongjumping Bit of a late reply but, mechanically, quads are far simpler than a traditional helicopter. If it is just the quad then there are only four moving parts... the four motors. Everything else is solid state. The wizardry is in the flight controller, the programing and some impressive physics :)

[asbojesus]

How long until someone builds this using lego?

[acooper93]

I for one welcome our future autonomous overlords!

[ductraep]

and we thought Skynet could only happen in the movies

[NaBeHobby]

respawn likes this.

[1BustedMyth]

Probably the most incredible UAV video I have seen, seriously you guys should be really proud. Looks like 38 Flys didn't appreciate you steeling their tricks! ;)

[flyinhigher1000]

Boner

[multiHappyHacker]

Oh heck you could probably emulate a mosquito or other insect's methods of perceiving humans coupled with a bit of logic and it's a human-seeking grenade. Wouldn't want to be holding an AK with a swarm of those babies out and about.

It's terrifying, like that movie "birds"

[God4577]

I want to see when they can put these out into an uncontrolled environment.

[Poopdogg24]

Terminator salvation that's what

[DigDogStudios]

I wonder what would happen if the military made real life verstions of this and put it into the forces?

[edisonzepeda]

i fucking want one u have 3 let me have one

[380zeaiclies]

That rocks and Millitary and Civilian applications are numerous.

[TheNeuroticBassPlay]

Right. If the military just combined this with the BigDog and the computers in the self-driving cars at the DARPA grand final challenge. Then all they need to do is mount munitions on its back, and we are fucked.

[bojangolemba]

sexy

[chazizphat]

this is incredible. thanks for showing me this stumbleupon!

[pi3k]

Awesome! I did my undergrad at UPenn and almost worked in this lab (the GRASP lab). Brilliant minds for sure, keep up the good work.

[orika001]

In the near future these little drones will ask you to get out of your vehicle and put your arms on the hood.. haha

[ib1384]

what is that creepy noise at 0:42 ?

[zpsoccerman55]

where the fu.ck can i buy one of these!?

[PeteMadeAMovie]

As a software engineer, this really is cool to watch and know how hard this is. Very nicely done!!

[kellycoinguy]

You're not kidding there. This is HARD stuff to do. Now to get the battery life up, and the cargo, and give them a mission!

[FlamingManofIron]

FAKE!

[hboy007]

We should found a public trust that drowns institutions like this one in money and keeps the guys busy with projects that have no apparent military applications and cannot directly be used against society.

[RasAhmose]

cool, but not cool for the future of what they'll use them for..

[d240786]

Crazy control, prop's to the guy on the sticks!

[wissam24]

@d240786 The point is that no one is on the sticks...it's autonomous...

[d240786]

@wissam24 Ok props to the program designer or who ever the fuck made the fucking thing fly through the little fucking hole, are you happy now?

[kubarebo]

@d240786 Humans are usually too slow to fly those like that :)

[atabey321445]

why it's aggresive?

[FlyMRIMicroscopy]

@atabey321445 : try flying one manually sometime--you will see that what the copters are doing in these videos is absolutely amazing. He means aggressive as in pushing the envelope of performance, not as in warlike or violent.

[VideoVisionary77]

....I want one...

[toenails129]

make a life size one pussies

[Urmagicalchicken]

Holy crap!

MANHACKS!

[StandingRedPanda]

I'm gonna get one of these :D

[NAYUKITRA]

vay be yapıyo elin gavuru :D

[david1991rules4life]

how can u make them do stuff this complex, do they have cameras or are they pregrogrammed? cuz if they're pre-programmed they have no purpose in real life scenarios.