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.
Raffaello D’Andrea is co-founder of Kiva Systems, a robotics company that develops intelligent automated warehousing systems. His understanding and application of complex mathematical modelling demonstrates remarkable results.
The astounding athletic power of quadcopters