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Quadcopters Are Fun

By Bill Griggs Posted in Blog, Robots, Vehicles , , , , , , | Comments Off on Quadcopters Are Fun

Quadcopters Are Fun Quadcopters are fun! I have been flying R/C models for a very long time and sometimes I get bored with it. Finding new things to keep my attention is rare. Quadcopters hold my attention.

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Flying Robots Musicians Play James Bond Theme

By Bill Griggs Posted in Arduino, General Update, Robots, Science & Tech , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Flying Robots Musicians Play the James Bond Theme on Piano, Drums, Cymbals, guitars and more. A team of Scientist at the University of Pennsylvania programed a swam of flying Robots to play music by flying into the pads mounted to a keyboard. Other QuadCopters (four rotor flying vehicles) strummed guitar strings and banged drums. This […]

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E-Volo Multicopter paves the way in manned DIY electric flight. –

By Bill Griggs Posted in General Update, Vehicles , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »

Thomas Senkel became the first man to fly with an electric powered Multicopter named e-volo, paving the way in manned DIY electric flight. Senkel’s first manned flight took place in Germany in Late October 2011, after several successful unmanned test flights of the vehicle. The e-volo multicopter is a contraption made of aluminum tubing, an […]

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