The astounding athletic power of quadcopters | Raffaello D'Andrea

In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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1. A L G O R I T H M S
2. Quad copter circus anyone??
3. Bill Gates, or hipster Bill Gates in the brown coat?
4. Thanks you TED, life i wonderful, But the life of a physicomathematician
5. Awesome !!! A lot of work behind it.
6. This tech guru WANNA BE couldn't possibly fly a kite on a windy day, without millions of $$$ Government tax dollar that's coming out of real dyiERs who can do it for 1/100th of the cost. And how about the SHEEPS!
7. it is the best i have ever seen
8. Clap now, that will be the same type of net that will be use by machines to drag or carry human slaves in the future
9. In a swarm of three or more, they can become companions and bodyguards.
10. Quads are here to stay and they will become indispensable and a permanent fixture of daily life like computers.
11. Skynet called... wrong number! :P
12. Did not appreciate the Skynet reference.
13. amazing ,
14. it is unbelievable man what a f**k
15. 11:51 sieg heil
16. It blew my mind
17. is that Will Wright at 9:30 ?
18. very good and very pro
19. Ok I have a question, how does quadcopters know what to do.. he is not even commanding them.. balancing pole was fine.. but when he thew the ball, how quadcopter know that he has to bounce it back... Plssss someone tell me, I really want to know
20. And this was three years ago!