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Minions of Skynet
« on: February 07, 2012, 03:24:09 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQIMGV5vtd4&feature=player_embedded

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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 06:07:21 PM »
PULL!

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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2012, 12:48:50 AM »
Well, it's been good knowing you guys.  :lol:

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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2012, 01:57:05 AM »
Yikes! Where is that tin foil when I really need it...............
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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2012, 02:32:02 AM »
Very cool.  =D
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2012, 08:49:38 AM »
amazing!  just add c4.   i wonder what is the sensory device?  would it be like an xbox kinects system seeing and running them all, or individual processors?  or are the movements just programmed in with no account of wind shear, etc.
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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2012, 09:31:22 AM »
Quote from: geronimotwo on February 08, 2012, 08:49:38 AM
amazing!  just add c4.   i wonder what is the sensory device?  would it be like an xbox kinects system seeing and running them all, or individual processors?  or are the movements just programmed in with no account of wind shear, etc.

My first thought was how much more complicated things become when you factor in wind. When playing around with the Air Hog toy copters, even the furnace fan turning on disrupts their flight. Flying outdoors even without a discernible breeze is challenging.
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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2012, 09:42:57 AM »
Quote from: Ron on February 08, 2012, 09:31:22 AM
My first thought was how much more complicated things become when you factor in wind. When playing around with the Air Hog toy copters, even the furnace fan turning on disrupts their flight. Flying outdoors even without a discernible breeze is challenging.

For you... yes.

For something with the right code on board, not such a big problem. Unless the wind exceeds the maximum horizontal speed of the micro quad-copter, or a constant headwind makes it exceed it's battery capacity to finish it's mission. (To deliver that blob of C4 to the back of your neck...)
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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2012, 09:50:59 AM »
Quote from: Ron on February 08, 2012, 09:31:22 AM
My first thought was how much more complicated things become when you factor in wind. When playing around with the Air Hog toy copters, even the furnace fan turning on disrupts their flight. Flying outdoors even without a discernible breeze is challenging.

Itty bitty gyros are cheapcheapcheap.  They won't solve all the problems, but will make it flyable by a human.

Here is a gold-plated implementation:
http://www.e-fliterc.com/Airplanes/AS3X/

Can be done cheaper.



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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2012, 09:53:29 AM »
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amazing!  just add c4.  

Now if they could get these things to identify and track human heat signatures, or make effective use of facial recognition technology, you would have one hell of an antipersonnel device. Scary yet intriguing.
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2012, 10:03:04 AM »
OK, watched the video completely.  They are already using computer-controlled gyros and are not likely being controlled by humans, but by software.  Like AJD wrote, the limit is one of the craft's ability to make headway into the wind, inertia, and drag.  IMO, those would likely be good in winds up to 10mph +/-.  Also, these things' flight times would be measured in minutes, as in less than 10, more likely less than 5.

Some of my RC aircraft are lighter than these.  I fly the fixed wing craft without gyro assistance in 5-10mph wind.  My little coax heli can not handle more than a 2mph breeze, though.  Just not enough grunt and too much cross-sectional area.

Quote from: Blakenzy on February 08, 2012, 09:53:29 AM
Now if they could get these things to identify and track human heat signatures, or make effective use of facial recognition technology, you would have one hell of an antipersonnel device. Scary yet intriguing.

A common term for such a system is "killer bees."  Usually work in numbers, rather than singly.
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Re: Minions of Skynet
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2012, 10:09:58 AM »

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A common term for such a system is "killer bees."  Usually work in numbers, rather than singly.

LOL. Funny how we go bonkers over man-made devices, when nature has already been there, done that long, long ago.
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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2012, 10:27:33 AM »
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