Construction with Quadrotor Teams

Teams of quadrotors autonomously build tower-like cubic structures from modular parts. Work done by Quentin Lindsey, Daniel Mellinger, and Vijay Kumar at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• quadrotor
• construction
• robot
• assembly

[Vydonis]

We require more minerals.

[SoCalSummerSquad]

1make them solar powered

2send them to the moon-

3build a moon base-

4???

5 profit.

[ThatAdelaideGuy]

@joyman4321 Moon Jet things? you mean Rockets?

[joyman4321]

replace the rotors with those moon jet things..moon base..THEN profit!

[Dainean]

@Dainean Actualy, given an atmosphere of 0.01 bars (1% of average earth pressure) and a gravity of 3,71 m/s^2 (0,378 g, or 62,1 % less then earth) still means you need about 38 times more lift to work

[Dainean]

@SoCalSummerSquad Had the same idea, then realised there was a rather big problem with it. No atmosphere on the moon, so nothing that those rotators can gain any lift from. They simply will not be able to fly around. Mars on the other hand.. really thin atmosphere but also less gravity, worth calculating I'd say

[shintsu01]

are they up against radiation since they could use it in fukushima :)

[CattButt]

@SoCalSummerSquad 4. Build a Starbucks

[Lanthos357]

@KingMysion Party Pooper

[KingMysion]

@SoCalSummerSquad How would an AIR craft work on the moon?

[abedanielspictures]

This is Onstar, I'm sending a quadrotor for you...

[Dockofusa]

@SoCalSummerSquad one problem. No air for rotors to work..