Flying Machine Arena

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Documentation The following videos show the learning process in action. Keep in mind that it is the system flying the quadricopters, not a person with a remote control.

22.05.08 - Quadrotor "Magic Wand" Tests

20.05.09 - Quadrotor Flip Tests

24.11.08 - Sergei Presents at Zurich Minds

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The maneuver is to be improved, certainly, but one has to start somewhere. Check out the swinging coming out of the braking/recovery stage... yikes. By the way, the quadrotor is *not* flipping over the light. The light is about 4m above the vehicle at the highest point of the vehicle's trajectory. It's just an illusion caused by the camera being completely saturated by the ceiling light.

Two quadrotors circle each other is this early 5 X 5 X 5 meter version of the Flying Machine Arena.