{"id":48541,"date":"2013-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/video-vijay-kumar-on-agile-aerial-robots-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T20:06:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T20:06:05","slug":"video-vijay-kumar-on-agile-aerial-robots-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/2\/29334\/trends\/video-vijay-kumar-on-agile-aerial-robots-artificial-intelligence","title":{"rendered":"Video: Vijay Kumar on Agile Aerial Robots, Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"
Welcome to the future. In a February 2012 TED talk in Long Beach, California, University of Pennsylvania professor Vijay Kumar talks about agile aerial robots, a fascinating new kind of small, mobile hardware that can navigate indoor spaces with the agility of a hummingbird. He also discusses artificial intelligence<\/a> systems that will enable these robots to do much more than simply impress us with their aerial acrobatics. <\/p>\n Kumar starts off with a demonstration of a small helicopter device with several different rotors that can be used to send the robot in specific trajectories by increasing and decreasing their respective speeds. This small flying robot weighs in at one-tenth of a pound, fits in the palm of the hand, and operates on as little as 15 watts of power. Adjustments are made 600 times per second to facilitate its lithe movements. Throughout the video, Kumar reveals more of these robots’ design, and how it allows them to smoothly carve out curved and circular trajectories and land on their feet in reaction to sudden changes such as being dropped out of a human hand. <\/p>\n