Quadrotor Ball Juggling (a Preview)

[Josephjoel3]

ATTEMPTING!!! IT"S DOING IT!!!

[pop25811]

Just like me when I was 7 years old.

:)

[MaTchBoOkPoEt]

a machine that plays with its self?

least the Japanese priority's are strait...

they are working on machines that play with you!

[gratefulvideo]

how long the batteries last?

[haosone]

elektroniczna pomarancza?!

[chuen123456789]

2011 flying saucer!!?

[jesussavest]

Were the Batteries included?

[john26321]

How does it know where the ball is going,weird cool

[StevenBee2]

Looks like it's having fun

[rumidday]

Like film "batteries not included"

[hacksis119]

@rumidday each sold separately

[321RCHeli]

Nice work!

[JoshZiering]

Looks fake to me.

[WacticalTactical]

Forget nature.

DAM SCIENCE! YOU SCARY!

[ShunkopleX]

@WacticalTactical

made my day :D

[RoboTekno]

I can't imagine what your quads will be able to do in 10 years :D Great research!

[sonebezi]

How the fuk did you get it to follow the ball? ?

[gamehero77]

Great reflexes for a robot! :D

[echorz]

Next step, military use. Total citizen surveillance. No privacy or freedom. So go on, keep developing it please.

[swarogman]

@echorz It's not the tech you should be afraid of. It's people behind it. So please, don't crucify yet another "scientis" because he said that earth is round.

[Charli775]

@timxcd And it is going to win us in ping pong game.......

[Katsuk2Je]

is it playing by itself or somebody controlled it?

Anyway it's cool! XD

[UntitledTitle]

@Katsuk2Je It's controlled by programs running on PCs. Human pilots can do amazing things with real and RC planes/helicopters, but I don't think a human pilot could pull this off for more than one or two bounces. The racquet has quite a narrow 'sweet spot' that the ball has to hit, and the racquet has to moving with the right speed with the right angle at the right time. Probably way too many things for a human pilot to try to keep track of.

[flipefr]

impressive

[snickarberra]

Arkanoid!!

[paucarre]

This is the only European university that has USA technology level. Obviously, this university is located in Switzerland: no euro, no european union, only an efficient and really democratic and free country.

[casalivan]

@paucarre That closes Wikileaks accounts in their banks but lets genocides, terrorists, thieves, narcos and all kind of bastards with their accounts open. Thats switzerland.

[sacredsteel666]

В Новосибе чтото подобное в техносити продаётся, стоит около 24 тысяч

[FutureCarver]

Прямо арканоид!

[ShadowR27]

Amazing. Wow! :D

[jsantis91]

John Connor...come with me if u want to live...

[clemedia]

how does it do with 2 balls?

[NeroStrike]

JUGGLING MANHACKS

[alienspy77]

Holy moly, this thing can outmaneuver a dragonfly!

[durachta]

Run!

[johnello]

holy sshit 1 more step closer to robot domination

[Suissaman]

WOW!

[Inksternonimous]

They're just so... cute! Trying to bounce the ping pong balls and looking like they're almost falling

[TallDentist]

have we all forgotten the warning Terminator gave us? we should all be running in fear!!! ;)

[BnaToToSnap]

Awesome !!!!

[frankcoffee]

Scale that thing up and put a GPS unit on it. Then create a fleet of them and use them as fast food delivery vehicles. It would be cool to open my door to a flying pizza delivery robot.

[ssjpui]

@frankcoffee But then ppl might hijack one and steal the pizza. =(

[oiStuartx]

@ssjpui

Don't be a retard, it has facial recognition and turrets.

[ArpeekA]

@ssjpui not if you fly it high enough :)

[josechu]

@frankcoffee Better open your window ;-)

[jlcontarino]

@frankcoffee and if you don't pay, the thing slices you up with one of it's rotating blades!

[DoctorSnizzle]

@frankcoffee You're close, but I'm pretty sure they'll just be delivering death to all humans. DON'T open your door, even if it offers you free breadsticks.

[evilbot666]

@frankcoffee Wait till skynet sends their hunter killers... Not so cool anymore!!! ;)

[ninjapharmacist]

@frankcoffee

I know you're kidding, but as awesome as that would be, someone would just steal it. The GPS wouldn't be foolproof in locating where it was stolen to. Chances are someone would order a pizza to someone else's house, wait for it to arrive, ambush it and detach the battery, and then take it apart to steal the ideas.

[gk123434534]

Simply Outstanding!

[optical10]

I wouldn't have believed it unless I had seen it!

[mtnmischief]

YaHEaH!

[jsdeprey]

Pretty neat! seems like lots of cool things being done with Quadcopters lately.

[pr4wn5tar]

thingy #FTW

[TheJediSlayer7]

THATS ******* AWESOME... I WANT ONE.

[pizzaforeveryone]

it's beautiful

[davepermen]

put some bricks on top that you can destroy, and there is blockout in real.

[JeromeDemers]

WOW!

[raymondoung]

Awesome!