Author Topic: MIT has developed an autonomous robotic plane (Read 1935 times)

Raeyok · August 12, 2012, 01:22:14 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYs215TgI7c

Quote from: Video description

For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters � robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Dozens of research teams have competed in a series of autonomous-helicopter challenges posed by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI); progress has been so rapid that the last two challenges have involved indoor navigation without the use of GPS.

But MIT's Robust Robotics Group � which fielded the team that won the last AUVSI contest � has set itself an even tougher challenge: developing autonomous-control algorithms for the indoor flight of GPS-denied airplanes. At the 2011 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), a team of researchers from the group described an algorithm for calculating a plane's trajectory; in 2012, at the same conference, they presented an algorithm for determining its "state" � its location, physical orientation, velocity and acceleration. Now, the MIT researchers have completed a series of flight tests in which an autonomous robotic plane running their state-estimation algorithm successfully threaded its way among pillars in the parking garage under MIT's Stata Center.

Read more: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/autonomous-robotic-plane-flies-indoors-0810.html

this is seriously really loving cool.

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Tezuni 2.0 · August 12, 2012, 01:24:49 AM

very cool, i'd like to see this used in cars so i dont have to drive

pecon98 · August 12, 2012, 01:58:36 AM

Reminds me of the movie "Stealth" from 2005.

Raeyok · August 12, 2012, 01:59:44 AM

Quote from: pecon98 on August 12, 2012, 01:58:36 AM

Reminds me of the movie "Stealth" from 2005.

omg I loving love that movie

Rugged · August 12, 2012, 03:13:39 AM

Quote from: Tezuni 2.0 on August 12, 2012, 01:24:49 AM

very cool, i'd like to see this used in cars so i dont have to drive

look up google brand cars

MrMcCakey · August 12, 2012, 06:05:06 AM

what the hell is "MIT"

ultimamax · August 12, 2012, 06:08:17 AM

Quote from: MrMcCakey on August 12, 2012, 06:05:06 AM

what the hell is "MIT"

It's a university.

Illidan · August 12, 2012, 06:19:35 AM

Quote from: MrMcCakey on August 12, 2012, 06:05:06 AM

what the hell is "MIT"

Click the link and find out.

Feep · August 12, 2012, 06:56:12 AM

Quote from: Raeyok on August 12, 2012, 01:59:44 AM

omg I loving love that movie

qft

Tokthree · August 12, 2012, 07:02:13 AM

Pretty damn snazzy

Dominator · August 12, 2012, 07:20:18 AM

All they need to do now is put this into cars and all we need to do is put the engine on and go. All you'd do is sit there so motorway cops don't need to do anything. stuff would get boring.

Raeyok · August 12, 2012, 11:07:16 AM

Quote from: MrMcCakey on August 12, 2012, 06:05:06 AM

what the hell is "MIT"

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

how have you not heard of this

Axolotl · August 12, 2012, 12:34:55 PM

Quote from: MrMcCakey on August 12, 2012, 06:05:06 AM

what the hell is "MIT"

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

300spartan · August 12, 2012, 12:41:28 PM

just like order 10 of them to be made

then set them off at a town square
flying around like nobody's business, not hitting anything.

Gaz · August 12, 2012, 12:47:34 PM

Quote from: Dominator on August 12, 2012, 07:20:18 AM

All they need to do now is put this into cars and all we need to do is put the engine on and go. All you'd do is sit there so motorway cops don't need to do anything. stuff would get boring.

The technology already exists to put these systems into cars, infact it's already been done.
The issue isn't with the technology, it's with people. People don't like to be out of control, especially when it comes to vehicles, they prefer to have manual control.

For systems like these to be implemented fully then we need to take baby steps such as self-parking cars which do already exist and are in use. Ease the technology in easy, that gives both humans and the technology time to adjust and advance.

http://gigaom.com/mobile/ford-is-ready-for-the-autonomous-car-are-drivers/