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CidTeach 30-03-2011 10:06
Festo's done it again
 
quite amazing. enjoy

http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/113...9.htm#id_11439

SteveGarward 30-03-2011 10:38
Re: Festo's done it again
 
That. Is. Awesome!

Greg Leighton 30-03-2011 11:01
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Amazing, for the first few seconds I thought "why am I just watching a bird fly..." Then it hit me. Wow is all I can say about this one.

wireties 30-03-2011 11:40
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Now that is a awesome UAV!

JesseK 30-03-2011 11:46
Re: Festo's done it again
 
The real question is ...
Can it detect my Husky crouching/creeping along in the grass, and if it can --
Can it take off in time?

Even on a dang leash, he catches unwitting critters....

nighterfighter 30-03-2011 12:00
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg Leighton (Post 1047360)
Amazing, for the first few seconds I thought "why am I just watching a bird fly..." Then it hit me. Wow is all I can say about this one.
Same here! I got impatient and just went to the text description, and my jaw dropped.

racesick222 30-03-2011 12:03
Re: Festo's done it again
 
That is pretty sweet I would love to have one of those.

kwotremb 30-03-2011 12:23
Re: Festo's done it again
 
:yikes:

Its surprising how its not only flying around and turning, but they are getting the 'bird' to hover in place as well.

Arjun Namineni 30-03-2011 17:51
Re: Festo's done it again
 
A perfect off-season project! :D

Bill_B 30-03-2011 23:31
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CidTeach (Post 1047345)
That URL belongs on every engineer's and aspiring engineer's bookmark/favorites list. Too bad we won't see one or more of their inventions in St. Louis. Maybe next year?

nitneylion452 31-03-2011 00:26
Re: Festo's done it again
 
I saw this video a few days ago when one of our mentors brought it up. I was speechless when I saw the video. It's amazing! You can't even tell its a robot until you're very close to it. All other times, it looks just like a bird! I want one. Now.:]

MagiChau 31-03-2011 02:23
Re: Festo's done it again
 
I called it 2012 game. Wouldn't that be cool though having flying somehow in a challenge.

JesseK 31-03-2011 11:05
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Actually, given that we're allowed FOUR banebots motors this year, there's a good argument for building a quadcopter to pick up the tubes and place them on the rack. It'd be the absolute lightest overall mechanism out there (mainly because it'd HAVE to be in order to fly properly).

I suggested it, but the kids thought I was totally whacko. Heavy sigh.
Maybe I can convince them to try it this offseason. It's actually not that hard.

qzrrbz 31-03-2011 18:35
Re: Festo's done it again
 
That is beautiful.

I gotta wonder what they are using for power!

WarpSpeed10 31-03-2011 18:51
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Wow, that is so awesome! Leonardo Da Vinci would be proud. :)

EricVanWyk 31-03-2011 18:52
Re: Festo's done it again
 
I forwarded this link to my mom, who is a high school chemistry teacher and FRC mentor. She showed it to her students, and got the expected oooohs and ahhhhhhs.

And then one student asked "What is that?", to which another student said "What I want to work on when I grow up".

synth3tk 31-03-2011 19:16
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg Leighton (Post 1047360)
Amazing, for the first few seconds I thought "why am I just watching a bird fly..." Then it hit me. Wow is all I can say about this one.
That was my reaction.

It's amazing what the human mind can do...

PAR_WIG1350 31-03-2011 20:25
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JesseK (Post 1047813)
Actually, given that we're allowed FOUR banebots motors this year, there's a good argument for building a quadcopter to pick up the tubes and place them on the rack. It'd be the absolute lightest overall mechanism out there (mainly because it'd HAVE to be in order to fly properly).

I suggested it, but the kids thought I was totally whacko. Heavy sigh.
Maybe I can convince them to try it this offseason. It's actually not that hard.
It sounds awesome. I like to think of controlling the arm as flying it anyway. How would you tether it to the main part of the bot so that it would not get tangled, would be able to fly freely, and not leave the 84 inch cylinder?

JesseK 31-03-2011 22:54
Re: Festo's done it again
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 (Post 1047949)
It sounds awesome. I like to think of controlling the arm as flying it anyway. How would you tether it to the main part of the bot so that it would not get tangled, would be able to fly freely, and not leave the 84 inch cylinder?
1.) Make a block of mini anderson connectors, energy chain, and plenty of driver practice to learn the limitations.

2.) An automated tether manager that reels in the energy chain depending on how high the quadrotor is.


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