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Airicist
3rd May 2014, 23:03
Contributors:
Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2013)
Flyability (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7717)
Airicist
3rd May 2014, 23:06
https://youtu.be/TIpqxsVDgVs
An insect-like, crash-happy flying robot
Published on Oct 30, 2013
Gimball likes to make contact. In fact, this small ultralight flying spheroid resembles an insect as it goes around bumping into things. The goal of EPFL researchers was to develop a machine that could operate in extremely chaotic environments without the need for fragile sensors.
Airicist
10th August 2014, 21:00
https://youtu.be/DUGEjQdoylY
This drone wants you to touch it
Published on Aug 7, 2014
The Gimball drone is surrounded by a spherical cage that separates its propellers from objects and people, allowing it to utilize insect-like flight methods such as bumping into things to adjust its trajectory. This makes it both safe and super easy to pilot. Doc North drops into Lasanne, Switzerland to talk to its creators in the lab where it was developed.
Airicist
6th June 2015, 22:06
https://vimeo.com/129983697
Gimbal drone from Flyability
June 6, 2015
Airicist
5th July 2015, 22:25
https://youtu.be/6Z3BnWv80vk
Meet Gimball, a Collision-Tolerant Drone
Published on Jul 5, 2015
We get a demo of Gimball, an RC multi-rotor that is designed to withstand collisions. The quad itself is housed in a protective sphere, moving freely inside of it using a gimbal system. The idea is that it can fly and bump around in environments too difficult to reach by humans for remote inspection operations.
Airicist
9th October 2015, 15:41
https://youtu.be/QGqL4ciiea8
Drone Courtship
Published on Oct 8, 2015
Atelier D. Schlaepfer (http://www.dschlaepfer.com) and Flyability (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7717) present a short movie featuring the magical encounter between two flying robots. They used the world’s first drones capable of interacting with their environment and developed lighting and choreographies to deliver a unique piece at the intersection of high-technology and art.
https://youtu.be/PE1uf5kg4tI
Drone Courtship behind the scenes
Published on Oct 8, 2015
Airicist
1st January 2016, 07:52
https://vimeo.com/130950078
Flyability at Paris final
June 17, 2015
Airicist
19th January 2016, 01:22
https://youtu.be/Vklo_ng1hv8
Drone flies in crevasse
Published on Jan 18, 2016
Flyability partnered with the mountain rescue team of the Zermatt Glacier in the Swiss Alps to explore crevasses situated at an altitude of 3'500 meters ASL.
This successful experience has shed light upon the promising results of using this game-changing device for mountain Search & Rescue missions, in addition to the current focus of the company in Industrial Inspection of inaccessible and confined environments.
"Into the heart of a glacier — with a drone (https://robohub.org/into-the-heart-of-a-glacier-with-a-drone)"
by Adrien Briod, Hallie Siegel
January 20, 2016