A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors

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Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by KMel Robotics. Special thanks to Professor Daniel Lee for his support.

[@AspLode]

The fact that these things sound like bees terrifies me in a most primal sort of way

[@Winterhawk000]

OK, these are just too cool...

[@DewyFilms]

Here after 11 years. Feels weird to see this content again lol.

[@arraygearbox2129]

Now all you need is a BB gun and you've got Space Invaders IRL.

[@uranuuss]

The future is here. I hope i'll live long enough to see more stuff like these

[@cherrypie660]

Wow they are snazzy, but imagine what they could be used for.

[@Niko-xt5bs]

You could put a 9mm round and small barrel and have this drones kamikaze into the enemy you want to assassinate or make them explode

[@sloppymantis]

Oh my gosh. That sound speaks to me. The buzzing of them.. it reminds me of Mantrid Drones and makes me hope that these things will soon be able to build copies of themselves. Oh the beauty

[@rainbowboa100]

thank you for showing a little of the swarm thing, pretty cool!

[@captainobvious1415]

This is fucking petrifying.

[@farfuckinout]

THEY'RE IN MY HAIR! THEY'RE IN MY HAIR!

[@artadams1]

Fantastic work!

[@MGProjekt-projekty-domow]

good show, not all of it can. perfect synchronization of all models

[@TheIndustrialphreak]

Imagine having your own augmented reality system or a swarm of robotic hornets at your command. First thing I can think of you could use them as a super flying ability.

[@chiafuliom]

I'm teaching Robotics at a high school in NYC. Would love the specs on these. Are the chasis 3D printed? Any open sourced code you guys can share. I'd love a sense of where you get your parts and if you have a starter kit idea. Would love to get small drones going with my students. Thanks!

[@TygerproductionsUK]

Stunning work

[@zane59anez]

Yeah I want some of these for christmas.

[@eventhisidistaken]

Cool, real world Space Invaders.

[@heatypetey]

my nerf gun is locked and loaded!

[@nikolaibelinski3433]

Use drone spray there more better then nerf guns it will kill those drones in seconds

[@mq-r3apz291]

Cool real world black ops 2 swarm score streak

[@RainAngel111]

manhacks are real. run for your life gordon freeman!

[@stormriderrhulez]

Great job! Congrats!

[@emman420]

Very impressive. Curious to see wind tunnel testing

[@MattMcConaha]

"nano" seems like a bit of an exaggeration.

[@aserta]

In 2012 that was nano.

[@williamvoss3997]

I didn't know that nanometers got smaller.

[@pappaflammyboi5799]

You mean bigger in this situation, as the "nano" quadcopters are about a quarter-billion nanometers across, and since just about anything with single digit nanometer dimensions is not remotely visible to the naked eye unless it's emitting "visible-range" wavelengths of light (as opposed to passively reflecting), the title is misleading market-speak. It's 1 part clickbait and 9 parts very cool tech, but whatever...

[@markusmuller6173]

Technology+Science+Skill, the pros and cons kzbin.info/aero/PL7tB6qL0r-AYne4REmG9Axwv3gfNRBUjN

[@AzWanderers]

I feel like we are looking at the future of the world right here

[@incognito1177]

this has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my life!! I wish I can build one of those.

[@renob2020]

It's smile is really eerie considering that buzzing will send people running for cover in the future

[@AloneRW]

"Star wars. Episode 0.1: Attack of clones ... sorry, drones!!" :-)

[@jefflewis1234]

why does this scare the shit out of me??

[@JugularFilmes]

perhaps because of the aesthetics of the last frame.

[@dubanonymouse]

because you have been TAUGHT to be afraid..by church,Corp(se) television,,and now 75% of utube sites...it's an illness ,FEAR,a usefull tool of control..FEAR NOT..behold,i bring good tidings...BOYCOTT CHURCH AND STATE,,,peace,j.w.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

Because they sound like a swarm of giant bugs.

[@markusmuller6173]

Technology+Science+Skill, the pros and cons kzbin.info/aero/PL7tB6qL0r-AYne4REmG9Axwv3gfNRBUjN

[@jeffvernon9517]

Impressive - air shows will never be the same again

[@kuroiryuu934]

WOW this + Martin Jetpack= the next personal urban transport system

[@StrikeLazer0]

REAL LIFE GALAGA!

[@wereus8992]

it looks like galaga

[@roland9532]

The software to control this many drones is amazing I can see the home protection Application for this !

[@RobotmakerEu]

great work!

[@norightturn7047]

Now all they need is a frickin laser beam on their head. Totally creeps me out. I want a few hundred of those :D

[@glock19gen3]

Love to see that in government hands!

[@wahtonka33]

AWSOME this is incredible advancement in flight control.

[@wesleybennett8514]

1:13 I will never sleep with my window open again. FREAKY SQUARED!

[@paddotk]

Anyone can spy on anyone way too easily nowadays. With this and Google Glasses, I don't feel there's any privacy left on this bitching planet.

[@Amaroq64]

The NSA is collecting everything that anyone does on the internet and recording anything anyone says during phone conversations and storing it all in a gigantic database for easy referencing. I think people playing with quadrocoptors and wearing Google Glasses are the least of our worries.

[@paddotk]

Amaroq64 No, because out on the streets and in your home is - or used to be - the one place where you do have some privacy. Now you can't even walk anywhere without risking putting your face in Google's database without even knowing it.

[@paddotk]

***** And after that, micro death stars.

[@Amaroq64]

***** Why are you worried more about your face being in google's database than your entire personal life being in the government's database? What's google going to do to you? Put ads on your searches that are relevant to your interests?

[@paddotk]

Amaroq64 1. 'The government' (I assume you mean the USA government) doesn't have cameras on every corner of every street and doesn't make/save profiles based on faces that are seen by cameras. 2. The government has no interest in advertising and tracking your every move and geographical location, etc., unless they have a solid reason to do so. 3. Google is and functions globally and litterally has eyes everywhere now, thanks to the Glasses. You might say that, in a way, Google has more power than all countries' governments combined.

[@TheSneezingMonkey]

I hate the future!

[@rcdude95]

Holy crap!!! Thats amazing! Well done!!

[@MrBlancify]

The noise is terrifying!

[@McMeevin]

I wanna see up-scaled versions of these.

[@soumendranbarik]

they are very smooth functioning robots

[@Ziperzap]

This is really cool. Teach me your ways.

[@PeekaNox]

this is actually scarier than it is amazing, or at least equal parts scary and amazing.

[@christiannoddeboe5221]

quite amazing good job!

[@jasonedwarddoucette]

Also do you have a website detailing the build info for the quads as well as the programs etc used in the development.... would love to learn more how the whole setup works

[@MedicSRT8]

Amazing. Great job!

[@deltaray3]

Drones that could communicate visual and location data with each other could easily reconstruct an environment and move around it safely. Here comes the push for secondary co-processors on drones.

[@ehyouman]

This is freaking awesome

[@Frostgecko7]

Soon as I saw that figure 8, I was like "WOAH" then liked the video, the point is. This is impressive. You never see anything like this these days.

[@artaeun]

This is awesome!

[@hammer2j2]

Below is my original post about a few hours ago on a neighborhood site. Quite amazing. The wind was reported at 12mph Westerly at that time, and these were traveling due South. They must have gone at least 7 miles in 4 minutes. 840 pm sat, at least 60, lighted craft in the night sky, which I first mistook for stars, but noticed them flying overhead and changing formation like an amoeba flew over rather slowly and continued to the south. fascinating. Neighbors also witnessed.

[@ndumiso1987]

damn, the figure 8 formation is crazy

[@PuertoRicanRattlesnake]

The figure 8 blew my mind

[@Chief_Kevin]

this is really cool!

[@HichameMoriceau]

Very Impressive ! Keep up the good work ! :)

[@valchio5455]

i cant wait until they have a bunch of these full sized doing air shows at the superbowl

[@mikebliss3153]

This is how Michael Crichton's "Prey" will begin.

[@baddaddy3000]

That is the coolest tech I have ever seen

[@zalphero618]

Impresive! Very cool.

[@Planetoxo]

Incredible.

[@ConMahaff]

I want one of these so bad now

[@michaelzhang1891]

That and it's pure CG...

[@rawnuhld]

“St2pid luv” karaoke in the background you know you’re in the Philippines 😂💀

[@Bricks56]

They sound cool.

[@ohbogey]

I'd love to see you win America's Got talent...set this to music, big lights, dancers....etc

[@tore28]

Impressive work it is.

[@amnokinoknok862]

THATS AWSOME

[@19terracottapie]

...so finally I know what the pixels in Space Invaders were supposed to be!

[@swconnexion]

my definition of awesomeness

[@damonsisk]

Great work, but one fun thought... It would be neat to see these nano quadroters playing Galaga!!

[@Estbarul]

electrical engineering is onw of your best shots

[@GreyDancer42]

Amazing and terrifying.

[@wgunn27]

I'm sure this is just an example of the scaled up version that would be TRULY SCARY!

[@3Flite]

thats incredible!

[@josephmenezes9062]

This is John's vision of the locusts!

[@wraith01mg]

That's amazing programming.

[@Garrison64]

If you've ever played around with these little devices you'd realize that it doesn't take much wind at all to completely destabilize them. Their tiny motors are only so strong and they don't have the power to compensate for strong gusts of wind. Take them outside on a windy day and this experiment would completely fall to pieces.

[@RawanKhlaif]

This is freaking amazing!!!!!!

[@mikevanin1]

Spectacular!

[@JQXJQ]

Those would make one fantastic game of Space Invaders.

[@craigclark1340]

I put this at about 60% awesome and 40% terrifying.

[@FutureIsDoomed]

Next gen technology came earlier than expected.

[@MrDOMINICDONKEY]

This is f**** awesome! Welcome to the future of warfare

[@TheTWISTmyGears]

bloody awesome..

[@hendog114]

When it showed the formation Flight of the Valkyries started playing in my head

[@hammer2j2]

I should add, I was walking on twin peaks in San Francisco at this evening when I spotted the swarm. It was quite dark, so it was easy to see. I honestly thought they were airplanes and assumed they were at least 7 to 10K feet up judging by their speed relative to me on the ground. But planes just don't swarm like that as far as I know, so figured it must be these flying much lower than I assumed.

[@zaninipol]

wow! amazing project!

[@jc11684]

LED is the control board's way of letting the user know if the board is "armed" or not. Doesn't draw much power for its practical use :)

[@sarahgoguen3020]

i just came here from the ten years ago on neal fun, and it shows this video uploaded 14 hours ago with a couple thousand views. so cool

[@miltonjunior5173]

Wonderfully hellish!

[@phasmejc]

Impressionnant !

[@myyotube8497]

this is amazing! and alot work ..

[@Ryzler13]

Aerial Traffic jams of the future here we come.

[@knockknocktwin]

awesome!!! wish i could build that

[@alexanderheron236]

a 100 of this can win wars

[@nasimg3765]

My god my mind was blown too much there.

[@Goober89]

powerful duncan trussell

[@alancapc]

You're not alone ...

[@TremessArt]

That's wonderful!