Quadcoptors From Chiba University Fly In Formation Using Image Processing

Chiba University's Nonami Group has demonstrated four drone robots that fly in a formation using image processing techniques. Cameras are set up such that they capture the markers on the flying robots and send all the images to a host computer. Th computer in turn calculates the position within 1 mm and the altitude. Though this demo is done with just four quadcoptors, in an actual outdoor setting these, the more they are, thee faster they can obtain information.

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These complicated little drones are a result of rigorous modeling and they've designed a controller that matches this complexity. The team has worked with the Police Department in an emergency drill to test their robots in an explosion at a chemical plant. The drones had to find out if people were on site, and return. That demo seems to be a success too, because the Police Department now wants to introduce this system.

See these quadcoptors fly in the following video -

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