Autonomous security quad lives in this cool basestation
"I guess it’s cold enough up thar in Norway that even UAVs need their own little comfy modernist Scandinavian drone huts that look rather a lot like mailboxes. They’re part of Scandicraft’s ScanCam perimeter security system, and the idea is that the huts act as base stations for roving semi-autonomous quadrotors that are controlled remotely. The quadrotors can launch, recover, and recharge themselves at their huts (or “hangars” I guess), and when it snows (which I hear it doesn’t do once or twice a year), the bots can stay snug at home, enjoying their stylish furnishings which you can find at your friendly neighborhood IKEA as part of the new Röböüüüt collection.
[ Scandicraft ]"
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Comment by marshall scholz on August 12, 2010 at 8:30am -
but can it land back on the platform?
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Moderator Comment by Taylor Cox on August 12, 2010 at 11:23am -
@Marshall...in the video..the copter does land back on the platform...watch carefully
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Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on August 12, 2010 at 12:22pm -
Oh my life the infamous 10 minute endurance of the microdrone now with enhanced cold!! I wonder how much those people figure they can charge for that system. Lets hope it only lets the platform out in light winds!!
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Comment by Ron Jacobs on August 12, 2010 at 12:42pm -
I only saw it land on the ground. then it fades to black and then we see it sitting on the platform. Hmmm...
Cool UAV housing though. Is it heated?
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Comment by Bart on August 12, 2010 at 2:43pm -
nah that's not a UAV, its a e-dog. it brings your email from your mailbox to your home ;-)
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Comment by Morli on August 12, 2010 at 3:12pm -
Ron is right , I don't see it landing on its platform too. By I guess that should not be a problem ...
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Moderator Comment by Taylor Cox on August 12, 2010 at 3:18pm -
you have to look fast. It's barely off the platform and then it lands and the thing retracts.
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Comment by brakar on August 12, 2010 at 3:26pm -
"I wonder how much those people figure they can charge for that system."
Pretty much I should think. That looks like a stealth mailbox!
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Comment by Morli on August 12, 2010 at 3:28pm
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Nope :), taylor watch the props carefully @ 1:23 , and tell us what do you see ;) Prop isn't spinning , so either it landed without props spinning or it landed earlier, prop stopped , then retraction started but video editor got little hasty... The quad could have landed on the plateform but it is not in the video from what I see , you need to assume it did.
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Comment by Morli on August 12, 2010 at 3:34pm
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Should see the mail mans face when he tries to open the box to put the mail , .....
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