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Robots that fly ... and cooperate | Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kumar, an engineering professor at the University of Pennsylvania, showed the more than 1,300 attendees at TED conference several videos in which fleets of tiny flying robots performed a series of intricate manuevers, working together on tasks without colliding or interfering with each others' flightworthiness. It seemed that, a bridge had been crossed into a new era of technology, one that could change the way we think about robots and their application to such fields as construction, shipping and responding to emergencies.

Kumar's "Autonomous Agile Aerial Robots" coordinated on building straightforward structures and demonstrated they were capable of entering a building for the first time and rapidly developing a guide that would take into consideration evaluation and reaction to an auxiliary fall or fire. 

He held up one robot, designed by his students, which measures somewhat more than a tenth of a pound and is around 8 inches in diameter. The robot has four rotors; when they turn at a similar speed, the robot drifts. In the event that you increment the speed, Kumar clarified, the robot flies up. Turning one rotor quicker than the one inverse it makes the robot tilt. It likewise can flip over various circumstances without losing its capacity to fly and can recover its stability when tossed into the air.

The robots are fit for learning directions and manueuvers that can empower them to actually fly through circles - and other confined spaces.

At the point when the robots are formed into a flotilla, they calculate (a hundred times a second) and keep up a protected separation between them. He demonstrated a video of 20 robots flying in a different formations and moving through obstacles -- inches from each other without meddling the stability of their neighbors. 

For me, the oral communication of Prof. Vijay Comar was excellent. The way he demonstrated the Flying Robots was very exciting and interesting. He got my attention and helped me appreciate more about the topic Flying Robots that someday can be a big help in the community in responding disaster and emergency. These robots can also be used in the field of construction, shipping and the military as well.  

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/4ErEBkj_3PY