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  • Four autonomous quadcopter robots retrieve foam bricks and then a networked computer vision system directs their placement.

    Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2011

  • The SkyNET drone is a modified $300 Parrot quadcopter with a Linux computer, 3G card, a GPS unit and two Wi-Fi cards.

    Gizmodo Jesus Diaz 2011

  • Parrot AR.Drone quadcopter gets better specs and software by Rafe Needleman January 8, 2012 8:59 AM PST Follow @rafe

    CNET News Rafe Needleman 2012

  • Arduino Quadcopter: Take to the skies with a custom built four-rotor quadcopter.

    MAKE Magazine 2010

  • A battery-powered md4-1000 quadcopter can stay up for over an hour, navigating autonomously the while, supplying pictures of a large area as it passes over.

    Channel Register 2010

  • The quadcopter bots have 20 minutes of battery power to find high ground.

    gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • The mini buzzing quadcopter carries an array of sensors and scanners (including a camera and laser rangefinder) allowing it to explore and map without GPS or IMUs.

    Slashgeo 2009

  • The mini buzzing quadcopter carries an array of sensors and scanners (including a camera and laser rangefinder) allowing it to explore and map without GPS or IMUs.

    Slashgeo 2009

  • March 7, 2009 Autonomous flying quadcopter robots built from off-the-shelf parts in €300 kits

    gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

  • The quadcopter bots could provide ad-hoc, temporary networks for communication more quickly than technicians on the ground.

    gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2009

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