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Strength In Numbers: Swarming Quadrocopters

February 1, 2012 / autonomous, bat them outta the sky, do a barrel roll!, flying around killing people with rotor-mounted lasers or some shit, gaaaaaaaah, game over man, no thank you, not cool, scary, skynet, strength in numbers, swarming, the apocalypse nears, this is getting way out of hand, video, we really need to get on building that underground bunker stat, we're all gonna die, we're doomed

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Seen here practicing a stealth attack on a mock-up of your bedroom window, a group of autonomous quadrocopters at The University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab swarm their target. Now -- just imagine if it had been you sleeping on the other side of that window. Not a pretty picture, is it? It's not. And I'm not just saying that because your room's a mess and you sleep in the nude, but that certainly doesn't help the picture my mind's trying to paint right now. DAMMIT BRAIN, LESS PEEN! Per random Youtube commenter:

I thought the future would bring us good stuff like jet packs and robot prostitutes. Instead we get swarms of miniature assassin drones. Crap.

WHOA WHOA WHOA -- since when are robot prostitutes "good stuff"? Listen: if you want to have sex with a bunch of nuts and bolts, that's your business, but don't go around acting like we ALL want to. God, It's not like f***ing dinos, bro.

Hit the jump for the video. Bonus 'flying in a figure-8' and smiley-face formations at the very end.

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Thanks to G, sam James, Gweezer and christopher, who know what I like but sent me this anyways. No really, thanks a lot guys. Send me your home addresses, I've got something for you.

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There are Comments

  • They look pretty cool but they remind me too much of the Toclafane from Doctor Who. Scary stuff.

  • thanks for the end of the world jackass!!! jk nice job..

  • Oh god. Its space invaders in real life.

  • GodsAdvised

    I just restrung my tennis racket. I'm gonna go all Casey Jones on those little effers.

  • JeffreySpur

    the ppl working on these are so stuck up; tried to talk to a few carrying a bunch of them down the walk, wouldn't even acknowledge some legitimate questions. 

  • Pfft, don't fear; adapt! Set up a trap, catch them and sell them to China!

  • Andyman7714

    Where's my baseball bat?

  • SO INTENSE! SWARM IS COMING TO ATTACK

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