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Get your crowbars ready, wannabe Gordon Freemans, because as soon as someone weaponizes a swarm of these things, the robopocalypse is nigh.
A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors
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Nice, but it should be "mini" not "nano" :)
That was exactly my reaction upon reading the description of the video. And then I watched it, and realized my opinion on grammar or taxonomy doesn't matter any more. Nothing does.Originally Posted by Miramon
I'm only going to speak mini-killbot gifs in this thread.;)
The footage of them going through the window was very creepy amd sci-fi.
If it was individual devices swarming intelligently based on their own on-board rules with no external commands except high level ones like "figure 8" or "head through the window to destination (X,Y,Z)" that would be one thing.
But if they're really being controlled by some remote computer, it's less impressive. After all, planning motion in mostly empty space is not hard if you have good sensors and the devices respond with reasonable precision to your commands. The feat in that case would be designing the devices such that they have that precision capability, which is somewhat less frightening.
So, how many takes was necessary for the figure 8 segment? Was it luck that it wasn't a quadrotor demolition derby, was it just a question of putting quadrotor 7 into slot 7, or do the quadrotors automatically avoid one another while still queuing into formation?
. . . because of all the things this video suggests, continued miniaturization and refinement of computers is the least likely. YOU FOOL!
You really think that's an impossibility? Or not their next step in the project?
It's this kind of dismissive thinking that will result in your being in the first wave of casualties when the Metal Ones come for you.But if they're really being controlled by some remote computer, it's less impressive. After all, planning motion in mostly empty space is not hard if you have good sensors and the devices respond with reasonable precision to your commands. The feat in that case would be designing the devices such that they have that precision capability, which is somewhat less frightening.
So, how many takes was necessary for the figure 8 segment? Was it luck that it wasn't a quadrotor demolition derby, was it just a question of putting quadrotor 7 into slot 7, or do the quadrotors automatically avoid one another while still queuing into formation?
And they will.
Now, more than ever, we all need Old Glory robot insurance.
Aw, they're cute. I want o̶n̶e̶ fifty!
No, I was just wondering which it actually was, self-controlled machines acting in concert, or a bunch of remote-controlled drones being shown off.
One or fifty, the magnetic field emitted by my steely Johnson will cause them to go TOPSY-TURVY.
And I think his point is that it doesn't matter right now. The tech demo may be more about the flight stabilization and movement capabilities than of the programming, but with this type of electronic miniaturization it's only inevitable that sensors, communications (bluetooth or wireless, either one right now is extremely tiny) and dynamic algorithms will play together to create what is essentially an electronic flock of birds or swarm of bees, seamlessly incorporating additional units into formations while allowing each unit to react to environmental conditions via its own stabilization abilities.
Humanity = fucked, but not until these things can be powered for extended periods of time.
As is evolution's way, a predator appears for these quadrotorbots.
Introducing Robodactyl!
I lolled.
And we're clearly doomed.
Why are they not selling these as toys? My tiny little indoor helicopter is fun but difficult, one of these guys (or a starter pack of ten!) would be amazing. Screw science, think of profit!
This is how it starts.
Put a tiny rotating blade on each one of these.
Where is your human God now?
And sales of net launchers went through the roof.
For these things, tennis racquets should be good enough....
"Your arms will tire long before we run out of Nanocopters, human."
- Skynet
Seriously.
Well at least they haven't started to make digital actors like in Looker. Oh, wait.
No worries, they don't have the hypnotic flashy gun things from that movie yet. Or..do they?
/me hides in closet
OMG! A bunch of little plastic flying things! Oh crap! It's the end of the world!
Picture a small explosive charge built into them and a dozen swarming to your face before exploding.
Still funny?
I prefer to imagine them with tranquilizer darts, neutralizing resistance before the mothership comes in for harvesting.
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