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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. | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Tuesday 05 February, 12:39 Reply
Broken Link The above link is (trivially) broken, this one instead: Information Control Engineering Lab at MIT - Aerial Robotics | Rob Saunders 47 posts. Wednesday 06 February, 17:03 Reply
Doh! Thanks Rob ;) | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Wednesday 06 February, 18:41 Reply
Robotic Copter Does Acrobatics Wired.com - Remote Copter Does Gymnastics A nice radio interview with an impressive video alongside! | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Wednesday 20 February, 15:39 Reply