The Robot Dragonfly

[@Aaron_b_c]

I feel like they spent the majority of their budget making their CG promotional video. There is less than ten seconds of footage of it actually flying.

[@prettynoose8497]

1:13 'spy on people'; as the camera hovers two little girls! Yeah...that's not stalker, creepy, predator at all!!!!

[@willeager8114]

When he says "spy on people" there's a picture of kids.

[@ardvarkkkkk1]

Will Eager Something for the high tech pedophile.

[@charles.happy.forever]

Will Eager so fun

[@sgreen4]

they asked for 100 grand, got well over a million in funding and have not made anything yet. People are getting angry thinking that they have been scammed

[@SMGJohn]

And they were, these crowd funding sites are counter productive

[@jg6582]

***** Because it belongs to the Air Force now.

[@DRF1001]

Jared Graber Ist Recce ? I would hasten CIA/SOG and others like DEVGRU

[@jg6582]

Whats SOG?

[@704macleod]

Defense doesn't throw money away on nutters, they see a future full of nastiness for this little beast.

[@Atka59]

Wow, I just got a months worth of exaggerated claims in one video!

[@simplerohan9770]

bro.. it's a promotional video than a discovery channel documentary

[@Atka59]

Simple Rohan No offense intended, but your comment is too simple Rohan! Is your point that because it is promotional that I should expect exaggeration and therefore not mention it?

[@simplerohan9770]

Atka59 Respect you from a cynic's perspective... funded by USAF, there has to be strength to it.. exaggeration to some, might be reality to others

[@beaglemanzzz]

2 1/2 years later, where's the dragonfly?

[@AlmightyyCres]

+beaglemanzzz quad copters took over.

[@jghpdx783]

+Jorgen297 Of course...it's coming out of academia.

[@GodBlessHipHop]

+beaglemanzzz I bet you they had major problems putting a camera on this thing, without a stabilizer its useless, and there is no gimbal small enough and light enough to add that will keep the device in the air?

[@Tbonyandsteak]

+beaglemanzzz Gone black proberly.

[@ElijahJohnSanders]

And I gotta say, with 3d printing, flexible screens, and everything else that's been coming out, this is definitely one of the coolest and most versatile :)

[@jarodmorris611]

What happens when a bird thinks this is lunch and grabs it and flies away?

[@tsohgallik]

A guy from India is leading this, oh great, I guess we know who everyone's going to bow down to in the future. A robot with an Indian-English accent, with a throne made out of skulls, SkyNet here we come.

[@Lemmingcave]

a few questions: - How long does the battery last? I guess no more then half an hour. - How stable is it in wind? - Why would it be better then a QC drone if it can't carry a load? - The army uses even smaller drones then these already, then why would you use this one? - How much sound does it produces? (if used for spionage missions) - How will it ever protect your house if they just can carry it whit them? - Why does every promotional video lies?

[@selvappriyaabhavaanee117]

Lies! Lies and more Lies! It is really sickening, when kids eagerly try do make them for their school or college projects, to see these Dragon Lies, flutter hopelessly on the dirt instead of the clouds! Plain lure to get funds and sales offers and investments from those - - - - s who believe in these younsters. Too bad from the Scientific Perspective.

[@Barnacules]

This is really awesome but I'm not sure how this could possibly be more efficient then a quad rotor since they produce constant thrust.

[@odilondomingues2217]

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[@Andrelo1111]

This is fake. It cant fly with such small wings. Look at real dragonfly and her wings/body ratio, and then look at this robot. Where is battery ? Is it so small, that it's not visible ? So, how long this robot can "function" (I doubt it can fly) with such small battery ?

[@OdinzEinherjar]

Andrelo1111 WTF? You just witnessed it fly at the start of the video,its not fake,its not made of lead is it so it does fly and it costs over a grand.

[@user-yq6qp9nl2k]

VIKINGODIN

[@DRF1001]

It can hover and glide . Principle takeaway ? Flies , birds and cockroaches are at the back of R&D's ' vending machine . We , on the consumer level see whats at the front . Quite literally, 1984 is now a cliche . And yes , even cloaking or really assimilation with its surface

[@nelsman]

Looks like a promotion video for funding. I can't wait to see it actually work.

[@rajendramehta7777]

This is amazing. Congratulations to the development team. Its usefulness is unquestionable. However, it can easily fall in wrong hands and then we have problems.

[@MaxPanic]

A great tool for oppressing people... well done!

[@enzomaidana]

dont feel oppressed.. feel releeeeeased..

[@niklar55]

The military already have them, so this is 'reinventing the wheel' for what? To spy on your neighbours? Next invention; an anti nano-drone missile system?

[@MaxPanic]

Gordon Freeman, Have you seem what happens to children when a bomb is dropped on or near them? I guess certain ways of beheading people are acceptable, while others are not.

[@niklar55]

John Ioannou Beheading people is unacceptable in any circumstances, and so is bombing people. Only lunatic psychopaths would suggest otherwise.

[@MaxPanic]

niklar55, That's exactly my point.

[@Sturtma]

What is the battery life during active usage? What is the maximum operational distance? What software does the Dragonfly support? Does it have flight plan or waypoint capabilities? What is the resolution of the attached camera?

[@stereostudios836]

Is it G.P.S. enabled? is it easy to repair on-sight? Is there a web-sight? is this all a joke?

[@SpiidAcis]

Even the uploader's name is Giant Rat. How trustworthy

[@simplerohan9770]

Your name is spider ass, how ironic

[@SpiidAcis]

haha :D you again. either you are a part of this cheesy scam, or you invested in it. Either way, the pitty

[@simplerohan9770]

SpiidAcis lol.. just an engineer who builds small robots.. but eitherway I think indiegogo and kicstarter are great platforms and a firm believer

[@jessiefrank]

that was funny.

[@AURESHION]

SpiidAcis he is in on the scam. the only thing that you can find on his account is stuff related to this video

[@LocoMarioPL]

Fantastic, young people ! The world's future is you.

[@ddegn]

Wow, this raised more than a million dollars. The final product must be amazing.

[@lakecrab]

Love to see bright young people working toward success.

[@TheSqoou]

Stereo camera built in?!!! Okay. Dear Santa, I want this for my birth anniversary !!!

[@mohanh7734]

Flying insects provide lot inspiration to modern technologists to mimic and develop similar machines that can be used in many exciting applications.

[@tuchler2]

They raised over $1.1M on an Indiegogo campaign in Dec. 2012. Haven't shipped a single unit. Nice videos but not much more.

[@thesilentcartographer5273]

Damn.

[@shadowsniper1334]

+Dan Tuchler if you read the fine print on the video, paypal and indiegogo is holding their money

[@sukhonin]

Hello from 2020! How are you, Dragonfly?

[@ignasanchezl]

Im sure it flies under 8 minutes and the motors are lower than 65% efficient do to the size

[@robotdragonfly]

That is true. We don't expect the video to be as stable given the small size of the drone, esp. if its a windy day.

[@avalanchexy]

a crow will grab your dragonfly and tear it apart.

[@garyoptica]

Nature is the greatest innovator in the Universe.

[@branman3336]

Lol “world first aerial photography tool” perfected drone technology; “Am i a joke to you?”

[@watchman-pu7tp]

It seems to me that to make this thing useful for surveillance would take a camera with size, weight, and image stabilization technologies more advanced than what it takes to make it fly. But if they can deliver what they promise, it will be a really impressive device.

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

Instantly classified. Literally.. we'll never see it :)

[@alecrisser12]

the wings are the only dragonfly design, and it will be 100 years before that thing is as agile as a dragonfly. its neat though

[@mikekrout]

this is very cool tec,, we are getting better ar the years go by good job guys

[@AarChv]

i know what these guys should do with this. if they manage to make a fully autonomous controls, whether through external controls (ie a program running on a computer communicating with the robot from a ways away) or internal controls (basic programming loaded on the robot), and if they continue making it smaller, they need to make plant pollinators. Robotic bees for commercial use.

[@error.418]

On their website it says: "With 20 environmental sensors, cameras and GPS capabilities, it can be developed to track athletes, outdoor events or integrated with an App as a fun way to plot or retrace a day of skiing, hiking or whatever you like." So I'm guessing the answer is yes.

[@damocles9676]

Wow!It's really amazing!But it remind s me some German flying applications.Really great!:-)

[@westminster1931]

The Dragonfly is a failed crowdfunding project that was to build a miniaturized four-winged ornithopter UAV designed by TechJect. The Dragonfly supposedly was designed for: aerial photography, interactive gaming, autonomous patrolling for security and surveillance, etc.[1] The project claimed that the UAV was going to manufactured by TechJect, but all development was canceled after crowdfunding IndieGoGo refused to release money.[2]

[@liamnoah5567]

Draganfly ($DPRO) is undoubtedly the best solution when looking for an autonomous drone (or manual if you want), for any use. They have currently been chosen by Lufthansa to strengthen the maritime search and rescue infrastructure, they are helping civilians and military personnel in Ukraine by providing them with drones to detect and defuse mines, deliver medicines to the sick and much more. I personally see it as the best innovative company in terms of the services that its drones offer. In fact, it was chosen by the US government to send its drones to rescue Ukraine

[@johnarizona3820]

Awesome! The lower sound output is a huge benefit compared to multi rotor rc's. I think you should add mentioning that feature in your demo. What is the db output? Now let's see one big enough to carry 200+#! ;)

[@vincethewizard]

There are now hundreds of these shown flying on the internet, all different designs, so that can only mean that these guys just ripped us off. GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK!!

[@ZiFrenZie]

They claim it's so light-weight and small. If so then it probably can only fly for like literally 2 minutes max.

[@enzomaidana]

its way too big for spying. my grandmother would knock it down with the sweeper

[@mortvald]

spy outside the window

[@samstevens2647]

Or fly near a bush or tree to conceal it.

[@robotdragonfly]

We will develop some Apps for the higher end models and open up the Development environment for users as well. There are lots of agility, endurance, target tracking etc games that can be deployed for the platforms. We will post updates on those progressively

[@D1FF3R3NTGAMEPLAYSJAY]

Real Dragonflies are probably making jokes about this:D

[@EngineeringFun]

As a plane this is inefficient. As a heli, even more so. A QC is probably a better idea. This is great for bringing grants to some grad school group. It has some merit, yes, but not nearly matching the inflated claims at the beginning of the video. Slowly it's comming to your street too. In the future you will have these things (much smaller) flying everywhere undetected, in your yard and your house like mosquitoes, working in teams, hiding behind drapes so that some regulated or not bureaucratic entity knows and records every breath or fart you take since you're born and till you die and of course sell the database to anyone willing to pay a penny/ Gbyte except you (such as your ex wife trying to get custody on your kids or a future boss who wants to know if you've been a good boy/girl and deserve a raise or a layoff).

[@Nomoreidsleft]

They got over $1M from Indiegogo. Over a year and no delivery. People are complaining about lack of news and progress. I build quadcopter as a hobby, and I know this is not going to be an easy project. Realistically, I don't even think they have a flying model.

[@GodBlessHipHop]

I bet you had major problems putting a camera on this thing, without a stabilizer its useless, and there is no gimbal small enough and light enough to add that will keep your device in the air? You took over a million dollars, what did you do with it?

[@GodBlessHipHop]

Hossam Zayed where??

[@vinccorp9445]

i think is good for 3 mins fly

[@BrennansMusic]

That was a funny video. They show this thing that looked like an unsteady windup toy, then show video from a quadcopter with a GoPro camera on it. Sure that little floppy thing took that video, sure. I'm in the military. If I showed my command this thing, I'd be taking a drug test before the day is out.

[@CPS2]

Yeah... I thought that in-flight footage looked suspiciously stable..

[@simplerohan9770]

CPS2 . Of course it isn't stable yet, have you even read that it's an R&D initiate by people, not your typical Big and huge toys like Quad-copters carrying heavy camera payloads

[@OriginalRaghudon]

Nice one Jayant! Wish you all the best.

[@CodyWolfeVevo]

Looks like it would be no where near as stable as a quadcopter even with the gyroscopes it would probably shake around no way you'd get a steady video out of it.

[@TheRobHacker]

Well try Googling something called " Image stabilization " under computer vision. It's used on every camera system in the world right now.

[@PedroCruzK-2020]

TECNOLOGIA INCREIBLE

[@TheGiedow]

"spy on people" >shows kids

[@felixccaa]

did NSA order some?

[@baswijkstra13]

felixccaa probably

[@nickfury1279]

Bas Wijkstra they're gonna be disappointed then

[@matteomas8791]

thank you for helping us reach the next level. Cheers!

[@FPVREVIEWS]

this has a lot of potential. i would love to see a larger version.

[@jonvigil]

lol this would produce arial photography / video on par with me throwing a $1 Chinese made toy camera like a baseball after hitting the record button.

[@brokebackfountain]

I have numerous questions... 1. When will they be available for purchase? 2. Do the different wing styles work together (i.e. Bat wing + Dragonfly wing)? 3. Does the camera on the Dragonfly send live video feed to the controller? If you would answer these questions I would be very happy :D

[@diamondsos4425]

I highly doubt I can put this in my pocket and take it out in one piece

[@andrewkeener5480]

Its taken humans this long to only mimic the simplest task of nature.

[@elc2034]

ähhh it took nature much much much longer to develop wings

[@Spacemanchuck]

elc2034 Was going to say the same thing. (: We've begun a whole new line of evolution.

[@Sirgabriel97]

elc2034 Humans knew wings beforehand

[@1whoDoesSimply]

Funny how you think flying is simple.

[@andrewkeener5480]

I don't think it's simple. I implied that it was simple for nature.

[@robotdragonfly]

There are 3 different communication channels on the Dragonfly. Yes, Data 2Mbps can be sent over one of the radio channels (which is not Wi-Fi). More information is available on the project page

[@robotdragonfly]

OMEGA has GPS, and yes you can control it with just GPS alone. the 2.4Ghz RC is capable of 200-500 ft of control, more can be achieved if you have wi-fi networks in the vicinity

[@dublinbanjo]

This technology is really promising, good effort!

[@olafurssonkyllian8153]

have you heard about the japanese　 雀蜂　Suzumebachi or Hornet , it is really as big as a japanese killer bee , really as big as a japanese hornet, just as not noisy as the real thing. using solar panel batteries , with video camera onboard gps and it can walk too. I saw t a month ago at an robot show in Tokyo and it is just amazing, Japan is leading the way of future technology while we just try to keep up with the present

[@reaperguy]

And the scientist who were in on atomic energy thought he was doing a good thing for humanity too.

[@ZULKARWINSAFARAZI]

promise me doc, do not develop a skynett otherwise our world will be ruled by robotic terminators.

[@haryadis2201]

Fantastic discovery. Now, we need to stay alert, ensuring no dragonfly proximate to us.

[@robotdragonfly]

No. Those are example scenarios of application. We are getting latest videos posted in the next few weeks. But they will not be as wobbly, because of a number of filters and fast capture rate cameras

[@N3bu14Gr4y]

"Each iteration gets smaller, and more efficient." We live in an age where our children might legitimately exclaim, "Mom, a frog ate my robot!"

[@baxter5431]

When is someone going to build a "GORT" type robot? THAT would be impressive!

[@norbertrivera]

One problem with this is that can be attacked easily in the air by a predator bird and bye dragonfly. ...But shure is great device I'm interested.

[@MySlimdudestyle]

dude if you made this rideable that would be epic

[@thomasdent455]

Wow! Mom, I want one for Christmas!

[@dubstepbot]

it actually is now real but I'm not sure of how good the quality is but it seems pretty stable during flight

[@stephenpain4606]

As someone who spent most of his life making real Helicopters and a model enthusiast who fly`s all types of models I find this an interesting project. However power of the battery's in a model or the engines and fuel in a real aircraft is a huge issue. Even using Li Po batteries I cant see this thing flying for long. Also as an engineer I cant see the life mechanically of such a unit being that long either. If you consider my comments worth while I would love to play with one. But I would be critical.

[@Tomken8d2]

If you offer them in much larger sizes they'll be more stable in a breeze. Otherwise im sticking with the 2 foot dia Cyclone UFO quadcopter. I suppose the military grade ultra capacity battery isn't available?

[@paullaski7939]

It doesn't look very robust . But I like the tech.

[@robotdragonfly]

That is not a bad idea at all! It is infact very well thought of.

[@marvenwilsonsdonque1568]

but when the wind hits on!! this will go down

[@Pjazerlazer]

Haha that's my major as well. Just bought an ornithopter too.

[@callahancovington4278]

*90% of flying footage is concept CGI, there's your red flag right there.*

[@berbandis]

Three years post funding and still no product? They may make this but by the time they do quad copters will have logged billions of flight hours and thousands of upgrades/improvements. Not a horse I would bet on.

[@vincethewizard]

Let's start a class action and sue these jerks!! I lost money like a fool, and want it back. They just ripped us off, they're college boys, they knew what they were doing.....

[@LanternOfLight7]

they will make good lawyers lol

[@azmose89]

I'm totally getting one to fly through my house from my bedroom, and watch how people react.

[@rajeshwarchinna]

even james bond want one of this...oh yeah!

[@1980cantrell]

I spent 4 tours in Iraq ..I could've used one but the only down fall I see that u should work on . especially if u want a military contract is to make it where its compact as a soldier we need to be able to almost fold it up to fit it some where in reach in a mid to small pocket and be able to grab it and flip it open and go.... Also you should pair it with sunglasses with LCD screen on left upper inside lens so we can see in real time ...also distance we must in a battle field be able to fly at least 50-100 yards... This should be done to it if possible than it would be the ultimate tool... But great job...

[@nickfury1279]

are they developing this still? or has it entered production? This would be an interesting RC aircraft to own

[@kamalsarin3483]

Reciprocating motion can never be more efficient than rotational movement. Nature has a limitation that it cant give rotational movement to the wings of birds. so Nature settled for reciprocal movement.

[@niravshah1408]

Good question! That's exactly what I would like to know. The one I ordered is Gamma mach 2 (so does not come with gps).

[@19RedRhino89]

Wtf are the police going to stop with a remote control dragonfly? Last thing we need is the police monitoring us with drones anyway.

[@cirusMEDIA]

But how long will it fly on a single charge??

[@krap101]

probably 2-3 mins...

[@krap101]

fluchter1996 I'm not following the project at all, I'm just estimating based on how ornithopters soak up power and that batteries on that scale suck... although I did think that 2-3 minutes was a little generous...

[@krap101]

fluchter1996 I spent a few years working on stuff like this, and fixed wing and/or rotor based aircraft are inefficient at very small scales (like insects). The issue with these types of craft is that we don't have good actuators for this type of motion. They typically use servos or motors but there are some developing technologies to more closely replicate muscles... but until then flappers are going to be pretty bad...

[@krap101]

What would make this impressive if they were able to add more than 1DOF per wing... I think dragonflies have at least 2 active DOF (frequency and sweep), where pitch might be passively controlled...

[@Dzheep]

They have not one video of it flying, not even on a tether. Fraud!

[@Tadpolek]

NOOOOO! Robot dragonfly was made to help mankind, not destroy it!

[@jackiechan4084]

4:15 LOL!

[@Magneticitist]

rofl matrixed that punkass bullet

[@kaizillaboy]

A flapping design will never be as stable as a rotary design no matter how hard they try to convince you.

[@bxyify]

Stupid advertizing, not buying. Show some technical specifications, how does it work and why, show some data not poorly rendered 3d pictures.

[@CaptainReaperPE]

everything was perfect until i saw the "military" part. these kind of inventions shold not be used for war

[@mrk1075]

I would still rather fly a quad copter over this dragonfly.

[@shalinksingh]

For this type of gadgets big problem is power source, which we still waiting to INVENT

[@mageshjayakumar1653]

still not delivered a single dragonfly to the supporters :(, hope they deliver ASAP

[@CrowdSurfingGeezer]

why are we so impressed with the creators of this when any intelligent person knows this gadget just formed itself from nothing over billions of years of evolution?

[@sherrysherry5597]

I have seen these in my back yard. That would be Phoenix AZ.

[@Octoped]

Glad I stumbled up in here!

[@followthelight69]

This thing looks neat but don't talk it up like its a game changer, that just turned me right off. This thing would just get blown away by the wind. A quadcopter can do anything this thing can and more. Nice product but the crap they talk makes me think how good is this product really?

[@abrahamfeliciano2550]

ohh thats such a great toy, i must have