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You are here: Home / Google+ Posts / DARPA has a tiny drone that will do 45 MPH indoors, autonomously, fully loaded

DARPA has a tiny drone that will do 45 MPH indoors, autonomously, fully loaded

February 13, 2016 by Paul Spoerry 1 Comment

DARPA says that the UAV uses a commercial DJI Flamewheel fitted with a 3DR Pixhawk autopilot for the airframe, among other adornments. Perhaps most impressive is that this unit is able to hit speed even carrying sonar, inertia sensors and an HD camera on such a small frame. Oh, and the demo flight in the video below was entirely autonomous. That's right, zero pilots were involved in getting the drone around the stacks of boxes and whatnot here.

src: http://goo.gl/ad78XS

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. Steve Vance says

    February 13, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    My biggest problem with this is the accidents happen part. I don't want to be the accident that turns a corner as this little bastard is doing 45 mph and wap.

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