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Quadcopters playing catch

Not only can quadrotor robot aircraft play the James Bond theme (autonomously), they can play catch (autonomously). This is so, so, so, so, so much more complicated than it looks like.

(via Boing Boing)

Source: Boing Boing

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    • #video
    • #quadrotors
    • #catch!
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    hahaha these robots are so cute
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    little hoop does the sad trombone thing when
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    Are those dangerous to 3 year olds?
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    machines are going to be the end of us all
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    really neat. And pretty cute, if I may say so.
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    Robots playing catch!
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    this is awesome
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