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Battling R/C Helicopters

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2008-03-19 17:04:53 by Robert Birming in GeekAlerts
...helicopters where the goal of the game is to hit your opponent with laser beams, just like the Havoc and the Picoo Z Sky Challenger The Nano Copter Combat Double Pack features two miniature Apache helicopters gunships and controllers. Each of the helicopters has a laser mounted on the front that can be used to hunt down the enemy and blow...
 
Tags: helicopters, laser beams, laser, crash resistant material, head combat, sky challenger, sky, head, battle
 
 
 
 
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Stanfords robotic helicopters teach each other tricks, fly better than a human

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2008-09-01 08:01:07 by Kevin Hall in DVICE
...helicopters to fly better than the expert RC stunt pilot who "trained" them. At the heart of the system is acomputer that quickly analyzes data fed to it from instruments both on the 'copters and on the ground, and sends 20 instructions every second to the units in flight. Previous methods saw autonomous helicopters trying to mimic the...
 
Tags: helicopters, autonomous helicopters, stanford, stanford students, stanford news service, stunt pilot, human operator reacts, students pieter abbeel, pilot
 
 
 
 
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New PicooZ Helicopters Now 3 Channel, Still Not Quite Helicopters

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2008-02-08 12:53:13 by Evan Ackerman in OhGizmo!
...helicopters, Im a bit of a snob, in that I own one of these and know how to fly it without crashing (most of the time). R/C helis like the one I have allow for the same range of control as a real helicopter: pitch, yaw, roll, and throttle. Thats four axes of control. Most of the little PicooZ helicopters have so far been only two channel: you...
 
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New PicooZ Helicopters Now 3 Channel, Still Not Quite Helicopters

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2008-02-08 12:53:13 by Administrator in Oblingo!
...helicopters, Im a bit of a snob, in that I own one of these and know how to fly it without crashing (most of the time). R/C helis like the one I have allow for the same range of control as a real helicopter: pitch, yaw, roll, and throttle. Thats four axes of control. Most of the little PicooZ helicopters have so far been only two channel: you...
 
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Stanford Brainiacs Pioneer Autonomous Helicopters

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2008-09-02 16:40:23 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
...helicopters to "watch and learn" complex flight stunts The Stanford team calls the method "apprenticeship learning," which involves a system recording an expert human-operator flying a vehicle and then mimicking the pilot's maneuvers using a combination of GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers The students envision that...
 
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Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly, Hilarity Does Not Ensure, PEW PEW PEW Does

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2008-09-05 10:00:07 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...helicopters that can teach themselves to fly difficult acrobatic maneuvers simply by watching another helicopter perform them. Start building that bunker . The dazzling airshow is an important demonstration of "apprenticeship learning," in which robots learn by observing an expert, rather than by having software engineers peck away at their...
 
Tags: helicopters, autonomous, autonomous helicopter field, autonomous helicopters, asshole, expert pilot, expert, software engineers peck, georgia tech aeronautics
 
 
 
 
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Spinmaster Air Hogs Battling Havoc R/C Helicopters

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2007-12-16 21:08:00 by Ashish in The newest of gadgets
...Helicopters. Measuring a mere six inches long and weighing only a half pound, these small but mighty choppers are made for indoor dueling -- so you dont have to quit flying just because of bad weather or a dark sky. A crash-resistant foam fuselage means you can perfect your piloting skills using the dual-toggle, single-throttle wireless...
 
Tags: havoc, fun, foam, helicopter, game, air hogs helicopter, crash-resistant foam fuselage, live video game, body shape
 
 
 
 
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Palm-Z RC Airplane outperforms the puny RC helicopters

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2008-02-20 12:29:56 by HASH0x8c1e3c0 in DVICE
...helicopters ? It's time to brush up on your flying skills because there is a new miniature RC flying toy around and it's the Palm-Z Silverlit Mini RC Indoor Airplane This tiny styrofoam airplane has the same, if not more maneuverability than its helicopter brethren. The Palm-Z uses rechargeable lithium polymer batteries and will fly upwards...
 
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Stanfords autonomous helicopters learn new tricks by watching

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2008-09-02 01:03:00 by Darren Murph in Robotic-Lab.COM
...helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers." Dubbed a demonstration in "apprenticeship learning," the robots can actually learn by observing rather than having to be programmed, meaning that entire airshows could be reeled off by planes that simply keep an open mind when...
 
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