{"id":3023,"date":"2012-02-07T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:15","slug":"quadrotor-nanocopter-robot-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2012\/02\/quadrotor-nanocopter-robot-swarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadrotor Nanocopter Robot Swarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take twenty hand-sized quadcopters and sync them up to fly in autonomous configurations that would make the most fearless pilot anxious. This is the future of aerial technology &#8212; from construction to surveillance to robotic warfare.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQIMGV5vtd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out the way they deftly move through obstacles and perform a seamless figure-8. There&#8217;s some speculation that the lights in the corner of the room are helping monitor and configure the flying array, but regardless, this is a fascinating and hypnotic video to observe.<\/p>\n<p>From youtube:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grasp.upenn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GRASP Lab<\/a>, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/kmelrobotics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KMel Robotics<\/a>. Special thanks to Professor Daniel Lee for his support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3033 aligncenter\" title=\"Nano-copter swarm\" src=\"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Nano-copter-swarm1-580x325.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Nano-copter-swarm1-580x325.png 580w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Nano-copter-swarm1-145x81.png 145w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Nano-copter-swarm1-285x159.png 285w, https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Nano-copter-swarm1.png 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take twenty hand-sized quadcopters and sync them up to fly in autonomous configurations that would make the most fearless pilot anxious. 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