Comments on: An autonomous flying robot that avoids obstacles http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles Accelerating Intelligence Sun, 19 May 2013 22:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Richard J Barton http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-135848 Richard J Barton Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:24:31 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-135848 I love the finding child lost in forest concept. Awesome. A further enhancement could be sonar or IR with invisible added light if neccesary. Oh, a nitpick; bats use sonar not radar, please pardon me. :-) I love the finding child lost in forest concept. Awesome. A further enhancement could be sonar or IR with invisible added light if neccesary. Oh, a nitpick; bats use sonar not radar, please pardon me. :-)

]]> By: CB http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-48101 CB Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:17:02 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-48101 Let's look into the possibility of replacing gas-guzzling, life-claiming automobiles with this kind of technology. Why not? Let’s look into the possibility of replacing gas-guzzling, life-claiming automobiles with this kind of technology. Why not?

]]> By: Bob Blackledge http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-48085 Bob Blackledge Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:05:59 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-48085 It would seem to require visible light in order to detect and avoid obstacles. Why not have it be like a bat and use Radar? Say you are trying to have it find its way through a complicated maze. With only one robot this could take quite some time. Instead have them be small and cheap and use many robots. If they can all remember and share the routes they have followed so that none ever repeats a failed route, a solution could more quickly be found, or a complex area thoroughly searched (a child lost in a forest?). Once the search was complete and you wanted all the robots to return, upon your signal each robot would use the shared information to find the most direct path it needs to follow to return to the launch point. It would seem to require visible light in order to detect and avoid obstacles. Why not have it be like a bat and use Radar? Say you are trying to have it find its way through a complicated maze. With only one robot this could take quite some time. Instead have them be small and cheap and use many robots. If they can all remember and share the routes they have followed so that none ever repeats a failed route, a solution could more quickly be found, or a complex area thoroughly searched (a child lost in a forest?). Once the search was complete and you wanted all the robots to return, upon your signal each robot would use the shared information to find the most direct path it needs to follow to return to the launch point.

]]> By: Gorden Russell http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-47876 Gorden Russell Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:17:19 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-47876 Great video, GatorALLin. I like the way that guy goes, "...it only takes one crazy Russian to keel you..." When they bring back Rock and Bullwinkle, they can hire this guy for the voice talent of Boris Badinov. "Keel moose and squir-rel." Great video, GatorALLin. I like the way that guy goes, “…it only takes one crazy Russian to keel you…”

When they bring back Rock and Bullwinkle, they can hire this guy for the voice talent of Boris Badinov. “Keel moose and squir-rel.”

]]> By: Gorden Russell http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-47875 Gorden Russell Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:15:09 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-47875 First ya gotta register and vote. Then ya gotta find a candidate who sees things your way. First ya gotta register and vote. Then ya gotta find a candidate who sees things your way.

]]> By: someday69 http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-47872 someday69 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:04:06 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-47872 We need to change the law,,,,then you can grow some plant in Your back'yard... We need to change the law,,,,then you can grow some plant in Your back’yard…

]]> By: GatorALLin http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-47797 GatorALLin Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:56:31 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-47797 ...I just got back from Kentucky where the military are using blackhawks to fly in and take out huge marijuana crops... They are very efficient and seem to work great on a big scale.... will be interesting to see what the military can do on a smaller scale (no need to wait, check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU) …I just got back from Kentucky where the military are using blackhawks to fly in and take out huge marijuana crops… They are very efficient and seem to work great on a big scale…. will be interesting to see what the military can do on a smaller scale (no need to wait, check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU)

]]> By: Gorden Russell http://www.kurzweilai.net/an-autonomous-flying-robot-that-avoids-obstacles/comment-page-1#comment-47795 Gorden Russell Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:52:50 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=169330#comment-47795 There are already a lot of cops who want drones to look for pot plants in your backyards. Just wait until they get their hands on these autonomous flying robots. There are already a lot of cops who want drones to look for pot plants in your backyards. Just wait until they get their hands on these autonomous flying robots.

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