I am excited to release our new work as well as our future research platform: The Foldable Drone: a morphing...

Originally shared by Davide Scaramuzza

I am excited to release our new work as well as our future research platform: The Foldable Drone: a morphing quadrotor that can squeeze through gaps, flatten against walls for up-close views, and even grab small objects with rotor arms! The work has just appeared in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. This new drone has four independently rotating arms that fold around the main frame. To guarantee stable flight at all times, we exploit an optimal control strategy that adapts on the fly to the drone morphology. The experiments were performed using only on onboard visual-inertial sensors and compute. No external motion tracking systems and computers were used. This is great work by my students Davide Falanga Kevin Kleber and our EPFL colleagues Stefano Mintchev and Dario Floreano.

Paper: http://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/docs/RAL18_Falanga.pdf
Full Narrated Video: https://youtu.be/jmKXCdEbF_E

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https://youtu.be/jmKXCdEbF_E

China’s largest online retailer is taking shopping to new heights with the use of #drones

Originally shared by Robotics Trends

China’s largest online retailer is taking shopping to new heights with the use of #drones
http://bit.ly/29qbqJB

This Week in Technology futurism.co/tech-weekly

Originally shared by Andrij “Andrew” Harasewych

This Week in Technology futurism.co/tech-weekly
Adaptive AI, allowing the deaf feel speech, spider-like manufacturing robots, drones to reforest the earth, safe aluminum batteries, high resolution 3d imaging and more!

DARPA seeks to create software systems that could last 100 years
http://phys.org/news/2015-04-darpa-software-years.html

Rice students develop vest that allows deaf to feel speech
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/04/09/rice-students-develop-vest-that-allows-deaf-to-feel-speech/

Spiderlike Robots Could Build Giant Space Structures
http://www.space.com/28846-spiderfab-space-structures-incredible-technology.html

This Drone Startup Has An Ambitious (Crazy) Plan To Plant 1 Billion Trees A Year
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044235/this-drone-startup-has-an-ambitious-crazy-plan-to-plant-one-billion-trees-a-year

Ultra-fast charging aluminum battery offers safe alternative to conventional batteries
http://phys.org/news/2015-04-ultra-fast-aluminum-battery-safe-alternative.html

Camera chip for smartphone provides superfine 3-D resolution
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150403150704.htm

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Originally shared by Robohub

Multiple tethered quadrotors performing high-g, high-speed formation maneuvers  http://ow.ly/2YgeDO
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Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer

The SMAVNET project aims at developing swarms of flying robots that can be deployed in disaster areas to rapidly create communication networks for rescuers. Flying robots are interesting for such applications because they are fast, can easily overcome difficult terrain, and benefit from line-of-sight communication. 

To make aerial swarming a reality, robots and controllers need to be made as simple as possible. 

Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration. 

In a first approach, artificial evolution is used for its potential to automatically discover simple and unthought-of robot controllers. Good evolved controllers are then reverse-engineered so as to capture the simple and efficient solutions found through evolution in hand-designed controllers that are easy to understand and can be modeled. Resulting controllers can therefore be adapted to a variety of scenarios in a predictable manner. Furthermore, they can be extended to accommodate entirely new applications. Reverse-engineered controllers demonstrate a variety of behaviors such as exploration, synchronization, area coverage and communication relay. 

Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration. 

Full Article: http://lis.epfl.ch/smavs

Video link: Deployment of Large Aerial Swarms

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Originally shared by 3DPrint.com
http://3dprint.com/61174/openrc-quadcopter

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Originally shared by Nick Dotcom

The Future is Now!

#robotics #amazon #drones

#robotics   #amazon   #drones  

Originally shared by WIRED

The FAA says Amazon is free to test its delivery drones in the United States.
http://wrd.cm/1GTuDNm

#technology #robotics #drones #dogs #cats

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Originally shared by Off The Leash Dog Cartoons

The Christmas Present...
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Originally shared by Singularity Hub

An autonomous drone system where no pilots are required, drones fly themselves to and from destinations, and can carry 2/3s of all everyday deliveries?

Yes please.
http://singularityhub.com/2015/04/07/pilots-need-not-apply-matternet-launches-autonomous-drone-delivery-system

#robotics #drones #amazon

#robotics #drones #amazon

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/robohub-digest-mar-2015-eu-drone-framework-amazon-drones-in-canada-cancer-fighting-nanotech-google-goes-surgical/

#robotics #drones #parks

#robotics   #drones   #parks  

Originally shared by Barry “Chillibaz” Johnstone

No droning in the parks.

This could be the start of something.

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#robotics #drones #amazon

Originally shared by Fast Company

Big win for Amazon:
http://f-st.co/f5MOGlW

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Originally shared by John Verdon
http://www.piquas.com/2015/03/zano-is-palm-sized-drone-which-is.html

#robotics #drones #collisionproof

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Originally shared by Interesting Engineering

Meet Gimball
http://interestingengineering.com/gimball-collision-proof-drone/

#robotics #drones #rescue #searchandrescue

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Originally shared by Engadget

Rescue drone that can search buildings wins $1 million prize

The future is now.

The future is now.

#robotics #drones

Originally shared by null
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/43280/super-bowl-no-drone-zone-sunday-big-game/index.html

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Originally shared by Automaton, IEEE Spectrum's Robotics Blog
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/smaller-drones-arent-major-threat-to-aircraft

#robotics #health #drones

#robotics   #health   #drones  

Originally shared by Tyger AC

When someone is having a cardiac arrhythmia, getting an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to that person as quickly as possible can often be the difference between life and death. The problem is that AEDs are usually only readily available in high pedestrian traffic areas such as airports or sports stadiums, due to the cost of each device. In less populated areas, it can sometimes take hours for the necessary equipment to arrive. Imagine if there was a quick and easy way to get the lifesaving tools to someone in need, faster than any ambulance or EMT.
The Defikopter is a drone that can deliver a defibrillator to heart attack victims much quicker than emergency responders. Conceived by Germany-based nonprofit Definetz, the system can carry an AED to any location based on its GPS coordinates. Although the system is still in the early stages of development, the team are developing a smartphone app that those with heart problems, or their family, can download and have on hand in case of emergency.
http://www.psfk.com/2013/09/defibrillator-drone.html

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Originally shared by Singularity 2045

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"Jasper van Loenen, an independent designer working in the field of interaction/information, design and art, has busted the technology wide open by creating a custom DIY kit that can transform any household object into an unmanned aerial vehicle."
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2013/07/05/3d-printable-drone-it-yourself-kit-turns-almost-anything-into-an-unmanned-aerial-vehicle/?utm_medium=share+button&utm_source=Twitter&utm_content=3D+printable+'Drone+It+Yourself'+kit+turns+almost+anything+into+an+unmanned+aerial+vehicle&awesm=tnw.to_b0ZW3&utm_campaign=social+media