Name: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters
Uploaded: 2013-06-11T19:44:05Z
Duration: 15 min 54 s
Description: In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.

Nonlinear quadrocopter attitude control

A platform for aerial robotics research and demonstration: The Flying Machine Arena

A flying inverted pendulum

Stability and control of a quadrocopter despite the complete loss of one, two, or three propellers

Adaptive fast open-loop maneuvers for quadrocopters

A computationally efﬁcient algorithm for state-to-state quadrocopter trajectory generation and feasibility veriﬁcation

Cooperative quadrocopter ball throwing and catching

Admittance control for physical human-quadrocopter interaction

In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.

Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

From balancing poles to striking moving balls, 'quads' showcase machine athleticism through precise, algorithm-driven actions.

Merging human gestures with quadrocopter agility opens new horizons for interactive technology, blending physical and virtual realms.

Machine athletes, like quadcopters, transform physical challenges into algorithmic puzzles, mastering dynamic maneuvers.