RSSMicroDrones with hand motion control
Video of cool of German-made four-prop micro-drones with such features as hand-motion control, GSM networked communications (swarms!), GPS mapping, mounted cameras, and more.
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Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 28, 2007 06:00 AM
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| Posted by: xSmurf on September 28, 2007 at 9:21 AM |
You've gotta love how they made a Wiimote inside an old electric razor ;)
| Posted by: ad_astra on September 28, 2007 at 10:16 AM |
The thing I'm most impressed with is the GSM control and data streaming - that's something I've been wanting to try for a long time. Having no range limitation ( :-)...except for dropped calls) would be amazing.
| Posted by: stilldavid on September 28, 2007 at 12:03 PM |
These things are pretty remarkable! I'm impressed when (about halfway through) the guy starts pushing one of them around and it auto-corrects very well.
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