Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate

http://www.ted.com In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, surveying disasters and far more.

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[Princeduclare]

Drones delivering pizza

[rjangda]

Prometheus! 

[M.Ajmal Nawaz]

the remaining 97 people might be fools or jealous people i.e. girls.. :P

[Kyle Bergevain]

does it come in black

[KD1101101011111]

I really need that implemented :P

[ThatsFreakyMe]

If you are seeking a new and different explanation of the truth that makes sense, search for 'Truth Contest' in Google and click on the 1st result, then click on 'The Present' and read what it says. This is truth you can check.

The Beatles themselves were like other men, but the music they channeled through them contained magic and messages from beyond the mind. Go to pg. 59 for a very interesting interpretation of their music.

[munnypoltric]

the perfect application!

[munnypoltric]

um, that is skill

[xxAKAMOHAxx]

Awesome!

[akram4179]

Its not actual 12 dimensions. It means it has 12 degrees of freedom. It's kinda tricky to explain in this comment, but google "Degrees of freedom", you'll find very good explanations about it.

[Rupnath Chattopadhyay]

Actual space is not the 3 (4 if you count time) dimensions that we know and love ... according to math and physics there are a total of 11 ... he says 12 because there is an extra one to account for angular direction with respect to the ground