2 March 2012

More great quadcopter magic - this time playing music

There are some amazing feats being performed by people programming quadcopters to either do set tasks or even work autonomously.

This one is very clever - the James Bond theme music played by quadcopters.



The producers University of Pennsylvania explain:

Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame. The quadrotors play this "couch guitar" by flying over guitar strings stretched across a couch frame; plucking the strings with a stiff wire attached to the base of the quadrotor. A special microphone attached to the frame records the notes made by the "couch guitar".
These flying quadrotors are completely autonomous, meaning humans are not controlling them; rather they are controlled by a computer programed with instructions to play the instruments.

Spotted by @JohnGriffiths

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