Fully Autonomous Quadcopter control

Our latest university project at Aalborg University includes the making of a fully autonomous quadcopter for sweeping mine fields.

In this video we demonstrate the current regulator capabilities as the quadcopter is being controlled autonomously by a PC connected to a Vicon vision system and then running our Matlab script.

The Quadcopter itself only consists of a Q450 frame from HobbyKing with four motors and ESC's connected to a KK-Multicopter board with a 3-axis gyroscope.

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DARPA - Atlas Robot That Is Fully Functional Unveiled [1080p]

ATLAS is one of the most advanced humanoid robots ever built, but is essentially a physical shell for the software brains and nerves that the teams will continue to develop and refine.

That software, and the actions of a human operator through a control unit, will guide the suite of sensors, actuators, joints and limbs that make up the robot. The six-foot-two, 330-pound ATLAS is capable of a range of natural movements and is equipped with:

On-board real-time control computer;
Hydraulic pump and thermal management;
Two arms, two legs, a torso and a head;
28 hydraulically actuated joints;
Carnegie Robotics sensor head with LIDAR and stereo sensors;

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