Raffaello D'Andrea: Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future
Raffaello D'Andrea: Conheçam as estonteantes máquinas voadoras do futuro
Raffaello D'Andrea explores the possibilities of autonomous technology by collaborating with artists, engineers and entrepreneurs. Full bio
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uma plataforma para amadores
a multibillion-dollar industry.
de milhares de milhões de dólares.
photography and film and journalism:
fotografia, cinema e jornalismo,
applications for commercial drones,
dos "drones" comerciais.
are the capabilities being developed
que se desenvolve
pelo mundo inteiro.
package delivery
de encomendas por via aérea
built a six-meter-tall tower
construiu uma torre com 6 metros de altura,
at the FRAC Centre in France,
no centro FRAC, em França.
they started to fly with ropes.
começaram a voar com cabos.
and accelerations in very tight spaces.
e acelerações em espaços muito apertados.
tensile structures.
estruturas extensíveis.
with the physical world.
com o mundo físico.
new projects that we've been working on.
em que temos estado a trabalhar.
of what can be achieved
do que elas podem alcançar
autonomously,
autonomamente,
of its mobile objects in space.
de todos os seus objetos móveis no espaço.
to locate objects,
para localizar objetos,
concentrar os nossos esforços
of highly dynamic tasks.
de tarefas extremamente dinâmicas.
developed by Verity Studios,
desenvolvida pela Verity Studios,
to determine its location in space
que determinam a sua localização no espaço
to determine what its actions should be.
que determina a ação a executar.
are high-level ones
são os de alto nível,
to have its cake and eat it.
comer o bolo e ficar com ele.
it is efficient in forward flight,
é eficaz no voo,
and variations thereof.
e as suas variantes.
fixed-wing aircraft, however,
de naves de asas fixas,
for takeoff, landing
para a descolagem, a aterragem
to disturbances such as wind gusts.
como rajadas de vento.
arquiteturas e algoritmos de controlo
architectures and algorithms
recupere a estabilidade
a situação em que se encontre
improve its performance over time.
melhore o desempenho, com o tempo.
fundamental abstract questions
needed for controlled flight?
necessárias para um voo controlado?
the answer to such a question.
a resposta a esta pergunta.
as machines with a thousand moving parts
com mil partes móveis,
para nos prejudicar fisicamente.
remote-controlled aircraft
aeronaves com controlo remoto
that it could be done with just one.
que era possível fazê-lo só com uma.
controllable flying machine,
controlável mais simples do mundo.
nem "ailerons",
no other control surfaces,
nem superfícies de controlo,
in its little electronic brain
neste pequeno cérebro eletrónico
and to move anywhere it wants in space.
e mover-se para onde quiser no espaço.
of the tail-sitter,
da aeronave anterior.
to get it to fly,
of me throwing it just right is very low,
de eu a atirar como deve ser,
that we shot last night.
is an exercise in frugality,
é um exercício sobre a frugalidade,
with its eight propellers,
com as suas seis hélices,
com todo este excedente?
is that it is highly symmetric.
é que é extremamente simétrico.
to orientation.
quanto à orientação.
para onde quiser, no espaço,
para que estiver virado
with the interacting flows
com os fluxos interativos
while the rest can be learned on the fly.
ser aprendidos durante o voo.
a fazer parte da nossa vida diária,
to enter part of our daily lives,
extremely safe and reliable.
seguras e fiáveis.
two-propeller flying machines.
separadas, de duas hélices cada.
to spin counterclockwise.
high-performance quadrocopter.
de alto rendimento.
electronics, even a battery pack --
da eletrónica, até duma bateria —
albeit in a degraded fashion.
embora de modo deficiente.
by disabling one of its halves.
desligando uma das metades.
coordinated entities
autónomas, coordenadas,
for aesthetic expression.
para a expressão estética.
micro quadcopters,
disponíveis comercialmente,
than a slice of bread, by the way,
do que uma fatia de pão,
with our localization technology
a nossa tecnologia de localização
knows where it is in space
onde se situa no espaço,
will motivate you to dream up
vos motivem a sonhar
for flying machines.
para máquinas voadoras.
a flying lampshade on Broadway.
um abajur voador na Broadway.
difficult to predict
is the journey and the act of creation.
é o processo e o ato da criação.
the universe we live in is,
é tão maravilhoso e mágico
inteligentes e criativas
and economic potential
e económico tão grande
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raffaello D'Andrea - Autonomous systems pioneerRaffaello D'Andrea explores the possibilities of autonomous technology by collaborating with artists, engineers and entrepreneurs.
Why you should listen
Raffaello D'Andrea combines academics, business, and the arts to explore the capabilities of autonomous systems. As part of his research as professor of dynamic systems and control at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), he and his collaborators enchant viewers with works like the self-destructing, self-assembling Robotic Chair, or the Balancing Cube that can perch itself on its corners.
D’Andrea and his team created the Flying Machine Arena to test the gravity-defying abilities of their athletic flying robots. Building on research in the Flying Machine Arena, ETH Zürich partnered with its spin-off company Verity Studios and with Cirque du Soleil to create “Sparked,” a short film showcasing the unexpected airborne dexterity of quadcopters. D’Andrea is the co-founder of Kiva Systems, a robotics company that develops intelligent automated warehouse systems and that was acquired by Amazon in 2012.
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