Juliet's Christmas Tree (Quadrotor New Year 2!)

As hard-working PhD students went home on a Christmas evening, Juliet, a little quadorcopter, found herself awake and unable to sleep. Perhaps it was her neighbors, Kilo and Lima, snoring too loudly. So she got up and started looking around, quickly discovering a small pretty Christmas tree lit up in the office. The tree was behind a glass window, so she decided to build her own tree -- out of foam bricks left over from another project. She even found some candles and lights.. and even some matches!

By Sergei Lupashin, Claudia Fischer, Angela Schoellig, and Markus Waibel.

Music: Eight and a Half - Scissors (edit)

Filmed at the IDSC / ETH-Zurich Flying Machine Arena: http://www.FlyingMachineArena.org

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ETH Zurich
• IDSC
• Quadrocopter
• quadrotor
• christmas

[RoboTekno]

should have shown a time lapse of the Christmas tree being made, otherwise, clever video. Keep these quad vids coming! :D

[GetBlitzified]

Fantastic job! I was really expecting them to dance around the tree!

[patchin1]

I was fully expecting it to smash the glass with the brick...

[SirMisterMr]

All the way to Zulu! Next is Mike, right?

(also youi should at least apply a name to the nano-squadron).

[themrjones]

Stop building things and make one that will follow you hovering a couple of feet over your head, it will be a personal fan. All I want is a fan that follows me around outside when I'm working.

[77ksmd]

похоже на фэйк и роботы на леске как маятники качаются

[dubstep1001]

Why do I seem to be more impressed by the ingenious charging stations than the tree? I mean, those charging stations are smart. Really smart.

[dubtafoo]

@iblackfeathers That was clearly an enslaved human or a paid off traitor.

[NYCForeverbaby]

Engadget brought me here.

[TheShammies]

@iblackfeathers One of them chopped off the security guy's hand and used it to build the tree.

[xyhchina]

Cut man:)

[iblackfeathers]

i thought the humans left for the night? later i see a hand stick out and give the quadrotor a light.