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Acrobatic Robo-Helicopter
MIT's New Toy
 
Acrobatic Robo-Helicopter

Science Daily has a report of some recent MIT work involving robotic helicopters. The article describes it as a bird, so it may be a similar concept to NASA's new toy... What seems especially novel is the control technique, which allows even a complete beginner to pilot the helicopter. It can even do a 360-degree aileron roll -- a complex corkscrew-like maneuver.

The applications are once again extremely diverse, ranging from military recognition to the entertainment industry, for capturing fly-by scenes in movies. You can visit their research homepage for more information.

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Tuesday 05 February, 12:39
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Broken Link

The above link is (trivially) broken, this one instead:

Information Control Engineering Lab at MIT - Aerial Robotics

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Wednesday 06 February, 17:03
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Doh!

Thanks Rob ;)

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Wednesday 06 February, 18:41
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Robotic Copter Does Acrobatics

A nice radio interview with an impressive video alongside!

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Wednesday 20 February, 15:39
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