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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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24 responses to “Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly … and cooperate”

  1. charmingdevil84 Avatar
    charmingdevil84

    :p?
    :p?

  2. David Sherlock Avatar
    David Sherlock

    skynet
    ?
    skynet
    ?

  3. dwdallam Avatar
    dwdallam

    “SARAH?? CONNER!” – …
    “SARAH?? CONNER!” –Terminator

  4. donneke666 Avatar
    donneke666

    12 dimensional …
    12 dimensional means (in math)? that there are 12 variables to monitor it’s location.

  5. sammy kiprono Avatar
    sammy kiprono

    75 DISLIKES!!! WTF …
    75 DISLIKES!!! WTF HATERS GON? HATE!

  6. lazygamerz Avatar
    lazygamerz

    Just change the …
    Just change the name of all Sarahs, problem solved :P?

  7. paceygb Avatar
    paceygb

    lolled and nearly …
    lolled and nearly fell off? my chair. Kudos dude.

  8. krishnasoupra Avatar
    krishnasoupra

    @chainmr p …
    @chainmr p definitely is right. i seriously couldnt believe when my brother say this to me. And, if you do this is easy to make daily $30 without investing a cent:P. i found? it from here. you can also try it : bit.ly/TYsBBb?=oxhhkjx

  9. Matthew Bendyna Avatar
    Matthew Bendyna

    radius is …
    radius is generally? denoted by a lowercase r.

  10. clbgeballe Avatar
    clbgeballe

    first TED …
    first TED conference where the guy wasnt scared to? say the word “derivative” and actually talk about something slightly technical

  11. clbgeballe Avatar
    clbgeballe

    day after tomorrow …
    day after tomorrow he tries to save her?

  12. Tmtm282 Avatar
    Tmtm282

    very impressive…. …
    very impressive….hope it all doesnt go out of control..
    ?

  13. iRoxorzUrSoxorz Avatar
    iRoxorzUrSoxorz

    I would assume not …
    I would assume not since we can manipulate nonphysical dimensions in ways that are unobservable in physical perception. sorry if that doesn’t make? sense, it makes sense in my head…

  14. smurfs209 Avatar
    smurfs209

    But if it is …
    But if it is possible to make it in a mathematical equation cant? it be possible in rl?

  15. lorenocesar Avatar
    lorenocesar

    @tmwlkcq r ofcourse …
    @tmwlkcq r ofcourse i agree. i seriously couldnt believe when my brother say this to me. and i can suggest u , even my colleagues used to make dime well weekly? doing some small works and watching funny stuffs. i found it here => bit.ly/T7midX?=ezxtfph

  16. charmingdevil84 Avatar
    charmingdevil84

    Look at all these …
    Look at all these people doing science and and here iam sitting in my room masturbating ?

  17. charmingdevil84 Avatar
    charmingdevil84

    So this is? how it …
    So this is? how it starts

  18. Nadeem Khan Avatar
    Nadeem Khan

    lol too much …
    lol too much hollywood? dude, let us reach a point where we actually start think about freaky robots in a realistic manner

  19. Rakesh Satpathy Avatar
    Rakesh Satpathy

    12 dimension. Heard …
    12 dimension. Heard of x,y,z, and T. Where are the rest 8. I? am so out of date now 😉 Amazing lil flies!!!

  20. FeederForLife Avatar
    FeederForLife

    This is seriously …
    This is seriously awesome.?

  21. Oscar Rivera A. Avatar
    Oscar Rivera A.

    Awesome? robots!!
    …
    Awesome? robots!!

    They could be used to set bombs in a construction site, GTA-style

  22. pedrobettt Avatar
    pedrobettt

    They should make …
    They should make these as toys, with a programming interface similar to NXT mindstorm, and with? a advanced mode.

  23. ETV101 Avatar
    ETV101

    who else? though …
    who else? though the little clip pic of this video looked like robert downey junior with the iron man glove?

  24. IlCanalediDego Avatar
    IlCanalediDego

    it’s so fuckin? …
    it’s so fuckin? awesome!

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