What's cool here other than the fact that it seems to react really quickly is th...

Schwolop on Aug 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robotic Airplane Flies In Tight Spaces

  What's cool here other than the fact that it seems to react really quickly is that it has no universal conception of location, like GPS.

Nit-picky robotics engineer chiming in: it's not reactive. The planning is done ahead of time, and they expect there to be no dynamic obstacles in the environment.

makmanalp on Aug 13, 2012 [–]

D'oh! That's not what I meant to imply. Should have made that clearer.