May 28 2010Autonomous Quadrocopter Can Fly Through Windows, Perch, Murder You In Your Sleep
Note: Video is after the jump because I'd prefer all the shitted-pants on the second page for easier cleanup.
Q: What's cooler than an autonomous quadrocopter that can fly through windows and perch on vertical surfaces?
A: Everything, including drowning.
We don't know whether we should be terrified or overjoyed. We've just come across a video demo from the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab that shows an autonomous quadrotor helicopter performing "precise aggressive maneuvers."
You've got to watch the video to see just how amazingly this thing moves, it's 100% terrifying. And speaking of terrifying: my face in the mirror when I woke up this morning. Joking -- I'M THE FAIREST BITCH THIS SIDE OF FAIRYTALE LAND. Suck it, Snow White!
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Haha, what do you mean, "after all the dwarfs"?
Hit it for the aerial acrobatics.
Autonomous quadrocopter flies through windows, straight into our hearts [engadget]
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Youtube
Thanks to Jonathan, Kyster, Mih0, Jake and Allen, who would all swat that thing like a housefly but with baseball bats. Swing like couples used to in the 70's!
Reader Comments
1. -Lmega5- - May 28, 2010 12:25 PM
primero
2. naas - May 28, 2010 12:30 PM
S E C O N D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. Richard McBeef - May 28, 2010 12:30 PM
Huh, I would have that the upskirt-heli-bot would be developed in Japan rather than U of PA.
4. MehbluKitteh:3 - May 28, 2010 12:31 PM
next
5. OJ's Mom - May 28, 2010 12:33 PM
Holy crap we are all doomed.
6. g - May 28, 2010 12:36 PM
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7. wes g - May 28, 2010 12:49 PM
probably one of the coolest things ive seen all day
8. Tyler. - May 28, 2010 12:51 PM
I don't care what you say that things fucking awesome.
9. Greenman - May 28, 2010 12:52 PM
Whatever. Eventually they'll be sold in kiosks at the mall with Indian guys flying them in my face when I walk by.
10. Selkis - May 28, 2010 12:53 PM
DO WANT
I want to lick it and drink all of his menstrual fluids <3
11. S man - May 28, 2010 1:01 PM
Horizontal slots!
12. JADE - May 28, 2010 1:06 PM
Gotta say it's cool but it's potential is scary.
13. CABBAC - May 28, 2010 1:24 PM
umm..did you see all the other ones on the ground ready to be called into 'action'? (read:ATTACK!)
Cool...now where are the guns?
14. Colombian Jai - May 28, 2010 1:25 PM
don't see much use for it tho! bsides flying it low for some underskirt action lol...
15. callam - May 28, 2010 1:26 PM
great, imagine these bitches mounted with guns when the robot apocalypse comes round
16. John Connor - May 28, 2010 1:44 PM
@10 S'WRONG WIT YOU?!?!?
17. Liquid Tension - May 28, 2010 1:47 PM
Terminator T6000 is next
OMFG
connor where tha fuck are you!!!
18. Nonya - May 28, 2010 2:17 PM
They need to put troops in something like that and allow them to enter buildings (fire fighters too). Also, put some c4 on those things and send them into buildings to get bad guys. Military application of that is just amazing. (until the robots rise up, but that is at least 4 maybe 5 years away).
19. G - May 28, 2010 2:27 PM
Welp... to the bunker...
20. wootgoestheewok - May 28, 2010 2:43 PM
Imagine a big-ass hypodermic needle with god-knows-what in the syringe mounted on the bottom where that thing "perches" and now imagine that thing with the big-ass hypodermic needle "perching" straight onto your back/arm/ass/face/thigh.
Awesome.
I'm carrying a tennis racket with me from now on.
21. Pork'n'Beans - May 28, 2010 2:49 PM
@9
probably one of the funniest things ive read all day
22. danny - May 28, 2010 2:51 PM
you could use that to film sweet skateboard sections in a skate vid... and also millions of other things. too bad it doesnt mention how much it can carry and also on serious note: if anything were attached to that thing, I'm sure the flying capabilities would be tremendously hampered.
23. just some dude - May 28, 2010 2:55 PM
FLY MY PRETTIES! FLY! FLY!
24. henree - May 28, 2010 3:20 PM
THE END IS NEAR!!!!
*holds up sign with bible verse"
25. gordon - May 28, 2010 3:39 PM
manhack?
26. jaime - May 28, 2010 4:15 PM
sounds like bees. and it also does the "like a fly on the wall" trick.
so the lesson is: if you see this, smack it down with your newspaper. (if you still buy those)
27. Brandt Cooley - May 28, 2010 5:01 PM
I joke about robots frightening me, but watching that does make me feel a little bit of legit fear.
28. Puzzled - May 28, 2010 5:05 PM
I thought those flying drones from Half Life 2 were Combine technology - guess I was wrong.
29. Gir - May 28, 2010 9:05 PM
Death from above!
30. Simulacrum - May 28, 2010 10:26 PM
Nice toy but physics won't scale to size. And they don't get credit for inventing velcro . . .
31. dparks - May 28, 2010 11:29 PM
Little mofo has 'Sharper Image' written all over it.
32. CAK - May 29, 2010 12:27 AM
32nd!!
33. Patty B - May 29, 2010 1:56 AM
UAV'S!!!
34. Star Wars - May 29, 2010 10:09 AM
Nice job Tyler! Oh the unseen people you'll be partially responsible for slaughtering.
35. Dark Ninja Zelda - May 29, 2010 11:44 AM
ITS SKYNET! GET DOWWWWWNNNNN!
36. Samir Notgonaworkhereanymore - May 29, 2010 12:03 PM
Damn straight, all they need is a .223 bullet attached, and BAM, game over.
37. Vin - May 30, 2010 12:20 AM
HL2 - Man hacks are coming soon!!!
38. Zi - May 30, 2010 3:28 AM
now we just need to set up a big tank and a demo "play area" in front of E3 (which the army actually did in '04) and give out video games that simulate flying these things. Then recruit little geeks into the army to fly these things ...
Anybody have a picture of the Army booth at E3 2004 ? It's ridiculous... They also let you hold all kinds of weapons, then give you a polaroid pic of it as a gift.
39. Anonymous - May 30, 2010 7:40 AM
Oh, shit. I'm fucking terrified. They remind me of the "manhacks" from Half-Life 2. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I have a feeling these things will be patrolling the streets in the future like sentries, and will have tasers to zap loiterers. FUCK.
40. Make me a sandwich bitch - May 31, 2010 8:46 AM
Close your windows. Problem solved.
41. MobDiaper - June 2, 2010 1:02 PM
Yeah but can it un-perch??? Can it rip itself away fromthe velcro? otherwise perch function is not amazing. Cool toy though. Can it deal with wind? or pursuits.
I wanna see a quadrotor death-race = Real test,
42. MobDiaper - June 2, 2010 1:04 PM
*needs new name*
43. Trippyhopper1 - June 3, 2010 12:10 AM
So this is the future huh we're gonna see a whole shit load of those things flyin around... lol
44. Calyster the add hater - July 14, 2010 6:36 PM
OMG... hunter killer are next ...