Nano Quadrotors: Quadricopters with Artificial Swarm Intelligence by GRASP Lab & KMel Robotics

Autonomous helicopter with four engines (Quadrotor). Artificial Swarm Intelligence in Nano Robotic Systems. Nano Quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by KMel Robotics.

The quadricopter passes easily through windows in a vertical position regardless of the angle of the opening. It does so at a high speed and stabilizes itself the right way up or upside down immediately after.

There could be many applications for this type of drone: military intelligence, for the police, or even for natural disasters such as the collapse of buildings.

Swarm robotics is a new approach to the coordination of multirobot systems which consist of large numbers of mostly simple physical robots. It is supposed that a desired collective behavior emerges from the interactions between the robots and interactions of robots with the environment. This approach emerged on the field of artificial swarm intelligence, as well as the biological studies of insects, ants and other fields in nature, where swarm behaviour occurs.

Special thanks to Professor Daniel Lee for his support. Daniel Mellinger, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar from Grasp Lab at the University of Pennsylvania have designed this ultra easy to use UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).

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[omnisage]

i like how they used a model of a house window to demonstrate how these little guys can kill you in your bedroom in the night.

[estebanvr1987]

That's right. It's a little bit scary. =P

[Sinaru Gunawardena]

This is so cool and amazing... I just love how they work.. :)

[estebanvr1987]

They are really nice robots! ;)

[Den A]

in a couple of years they gonna be patrolling streets equipped with guns

[estebanvr1987]

maybe just with taser gun!

[monkeymac3]

SKYNET. 

[Guyll21]

Real life Galaga. 

[velcrots]

way to go assholes, you just brought us another step closer to tyranny, terminator style! i hope they turn on YOU first!

[timothy1837]

like those little evil robot in tom sellecks movie the runaway and tom cruise minority report..

[jamesstylers]

Seems you do not know what nano means...

[anns666]

now they take over the world...

[5blackstars]

VERY SCARY. VERY COOL.  WONT BE LONG BEFORE THEY ARE USED TO KILL PEOPLE IM SURE.

[tenerifesonia]

Bonkers. Well done geeks!

[intrptr]

Hunter Seekers from "Dune".

They didn't show the hypodermic needle accessory.

[intrptr]

Sleep with a tennis racket...

[Mamasun01]

and suddenly... the world is different. WOW!