This drone can play dodgeball – and win.
Using a novel type of cameras, researchesrs from the University of Zurich have demonstrated a flying robot that can detect and avoid fast-moving objects.
They say it is "a step towards drones that can fly faster in harsh environments, accomplishing more in less time".
The drone is able to successfully dodge - even if the ball is approaching it from a distance of three metres at 10 m/s.
Davide Falanga of Uzh says: “our ultimate goal is to make one day autonomous drones navigate as good as human drone pilots...".
"If we could have autonomous drones navigate as reliable as human pilots...".
"...Ww would then be albe to use them for missions that fall beyond line of sight or beyond the reach of teh remote control."