<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br></div> So it's been 11 months since I posted about "Drone 100"...<br> The Intel team are now at 500 co-ordinated drones. :) <br></div> <a href="https://youtu.be/aOd4-T_p5fA">https://youtu.be/aOd4-T_p5fA</a><br><br></div> Apparently this has required a bunch of hardware and software reconfiguration. The drones now have a styrofoam body component, longer lasting batteries, guards over the propellers, and a newer more accurate sensor suite. It would be really interesting to have a technical chat with them about how swarm co-ordination has impacted their hardware designs and software logistics.<br> I wonder if some percentage of the 500 actually wait on the ground to replace failures. Or if they're doing anything to prevent light reflections off the mechanicals of the drones so the points look more defined? I wonder how many die during a performance? I wonder how densely they can fly in a formation without causing instabilities in lower-flying drones?<br><br></div> I wonder ... if we can get them to pay a visit to Ottawa on their upcoming world tour?<br><div><div><br><img src="cid:ii_iv89ho0i0_1583f8bcf447b079" width="561" height="314"><br><img src="cid:ii_iv89ho151_1583f8bcf447b079" width="561" height="314"><br><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Jason Cobill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.cobill@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.cobill@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div> Anyone who may have caught my Robot Graffiti presentations may be interested in this update from the Spaxels team - a swarm of 100 drones in formation producing a light show.</div><div> It's freaking amazing.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://futurism.com/videos/watch-100-drones-fly-light-show-set-new-guinness-world-record/" target="_blank">http://futurism.com/videos/<wbr>watch-100-drones-fly-light-<wbr>show-set-new-guinness-world-<wbr>record/</a></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_ijhyhpb50_1524d8794d81ed88" width="551" height="242"><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_ijhykyv91_1524d89e9483adc3" width="551" height="242"><br></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div> -Jason Cobill</div><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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