Autonomous helicopter flips to land on steep slopes

[chemicalBR0]

i can "land" my rc heli on the ceiling

this is a different ball game tho because it has to take into acount the forward speed then do the quarter flip just at the correct moment then put in just enough negative pitch to hold it in place without destroying the skids..

cool stuff

[GreenTolene]

guess I really am a idiot because I didnt see a flip and i watched 2 times.

[tackhammer66]

lol greentolene there isnt supposed to be a flip.

[Realtalk9999]

aww that makes sense lol

[metalliholic]

I dont get it??

wheres the flip?

I didnt see it.

[Rob4487]

Very Cool.

[msbfd]

If the landing angle isn't determined in advance, then determine it (via radar, etc.) before landing.

Getting this thing to chuck a helicopter sideways onto a MOVING platform (like an aircraft carrier) is another matter entirely.

[phd007]

the computer just needs a few points to be registered between a static landing platform and flying object, by sensors like you mentioned, then adjust the heli. there is always slack and with this in mind we don't have to be precise. if the thing lands on the platform with 90% accuracy it wont tilt off it. today, chopper and platform aren't intelligent. what will happen if both are interacting and made flexible by hydraulics etc. the landing platform might even grab the heli out of the air.

[Jmcenanly]

Prety good, for a robot.Of course your typical housefly an land on inverted surfaces without any problem.

[LargeFish]

This is beyond cool.

[XxnesiexX]

sub zero

[Nexcet]

Or not!

But nevertheless cool =)

[Frap357]

Amazing!

[esmith512]

That's neat, but the maneuver is pretty simple and reflexively algorithmic. Now try this(!): Tilt the landing pad to any arbitrary pitch and heading, and have the helicopter plan and execute a landing if possible. Then have it idle, then safely take off again! :-D

[onlyinfoexists]

What does reflexively algorithmic even mean? Nothing in what I just saw looks computationally easy!

[brandongalbraith]

Landing on a static platform (even at odd angles ) is fairly easy once you've worked out the algorithm to do so. Parent poster was referring to having the device land on something where the angle of the landing pad wasn't determined in advance.

[nourozi]

lol, parent poster? are you referring to a human being as computer coding? lol geek.

[RedWingedAngel]

Nicely done!

[ArthurHsuTW]

Good work! That backtracking after missed landing made me feel that this thing is alive.