I just saw this video of a set of robotic flying quadrotor drones flying in computer controlled formation that I found fascinating:
Maybe it was just the nearness of the Super Bowl, but I could see a whole other dimension of halftime show coming from this.
Seriously though, Roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) lab are able to get as many as 20 of their autonomous microcopters to fly in formation and perform complex maneuvers flawlessly. They also have documented a series of videos showing bots flying hoops and building a tower-like structure.
It did make me wonder about where these techniques could be applied to business and what the risks associated with their use would be.
