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MIT Researchers Develop Highly Agile Autonomous Plane

Posted August 12, 2012 2:51 PM

From Engadget:

If you're flying a robot indoors, chances are it's a quadrocopter. The ability hover and maneuver on a dime is essential to whipping around the confined spaces of a lab. Researchers have figured out a way to overcome such obstacles with a fixed-wing aircraft, using laser range finders, sensors and an Intel Atom processor to churn through all the data.

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Re: MIT Researchers Develop Highly Agile Autonomous Plane

08/13/2012 3:10 PM

Wow! Now how do I mount a rubberband gatling gun on this and fly it through this cube farm....

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