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Gotta love those Japaese Inventors and their Naming Schemes

Started by Telarus, July 19, 2011, 08:52:42 AM

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Telarus

July 19, 2011, 08:52:42 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/us-japan-flying-idUSTRE76D0SR20110714

(Reuters) - Its Japanese developers call it the "Futuristic Circular Flying Object" and it's designed to go where humans can't.

Go check out the neat video.
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Bruno

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July 19, 2011, 02:37:07 PM
DO WANT!
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Formerly something else...

Elder Iptuous

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July 19, 2011, 02:42:06 PM
can't see the video from behind nannywall.
Is it essentially a quad copter with a plastic ball around it?

Telarus

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July 19, 2011, 04:48:33 PM
Single Rotor:



All the contraption underneath seems to be some very very snappy servo-rudders.
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July 27, 2011, 07:54:52 AM
Wow, this is totally bad-ass:

http://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird.html

We're beginning to understand avian flight well enough to mechanically replicate it. THIS IS HUGE.
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