To a casual observer, this video might look like dropping high explosives from an RC helicopter, which would be cool enough on its own. But the real case is so, so much better: This is the future of dropping tiny, deadly bombs from the sky.
The FPS Russia people made this video showing a “prototype” quadrotor equipped with a machine gun. Yes, a remote-controlled flying machine gun. They take it for a spin and shoot some targets, as they usually do.
We all know the awesomeness of quadrotors knows no bounds. But using your taxidermied cat as the body of said quadrotor? Unfortunately for the world, this grand experiment has not yet reached its full potential.
Playing the James Bond theme was a neat parlour trick, but now it’s obvious why those quadrotor flying RC vehicles really exist. And it’s to make every Back to the Future fan insanely jealous of this miniature flying DeLorean.
One day, drones won’t just fly by themselves: they’ll hunt in packs. Imagine a swarm of tiny, flying drones chasing after you, synchronising their movements to catch you in the most effective way possible. If you can’t imagine it, don’t worry: it’s already happened.
If someone handed you a tiny plastic container and challenged you to snag a bunch of ping pong balls mid-air, do you think you could get ‘em all? I know I couldn’t! But this self-perfecting robot sure can.
I’m so sick of this “robots are evil” trope — we created them. They live to serve. They love us. And they also love each other! Like these swarm bots who scurry around following their quadrocopter pal. Awwww.
We’ve established many times over that quadrotors are going to kill you, probably in your sleep. And that’s, you know, that’s OK, we’ve come to terms with it. Or had, until we found out their crucial weakness: they’re actually hilariously bad at quadrotoring.
Filming animal documentaries must be gratifying, but there’s always that risk of a giant rhino goring you and knocking over your truck. Instead, why not use some graceful little drones? This is a much more pleasant application than killing people.
We’ve already seen the murderous quadrotor drone juggle a ball with itself, but that was just child’s play! In this video, the quadrocopter plays a bit of catch with a human target and even bats the ball to and fro with another quadrotor drone. They keep the ball up in the air for quite a long time too.
