Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash
Sergei Lupashin: Un aparat foto zburător... în lesă
Sergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow. Full bio
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vreau să vă descriu
Piramidelor,
și au făcut niște poze,
mi s-a părut grozav.
quite commonly out there,
folosite curent,
such a unique perspective.
this scale, for example,
această amploare,
and they are quite basic
spinning, sharp things.
multe componente ascuțite care se învârt.
back of the pilot's shirt, it says,
că pe spatele vestei pilotului scrie
vin să te atingă,
Sunt profesioniști;
ceea ce a fost sigur.
la toți oamenii
smartphone with a camera, right?
au un smartphone cu cameră.
Google Glass being attacked.
că sunt atacați.
about it is there's a leash.
Foarte confortabil.
în care vrei să zboare.
față de tine,
componente electronice adiționale.
câinelui tău să zboare mai jos,
Deci, apăs un buton
dar măcar în principiu,
că vă simțiți mai în siguranță
operate one of these devices.
(Aplauze)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sergei Lupashin - Aerial robotics researcherSergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow.
Why you should listen
When Sergei Lupashin saw how an aerial photograph of massive protests around the 2011 Russian federal elections changed the media silence around the subject, the aerial robotics engineer realized the truth-telling value of the bird’s-eye view. Yet aerial photographs, even those taken by unmanned aerial vehicles, are tricky to produce: it’s difficult to pilot a UAV safely, and government regulations restrict their use.
Lupashin gets around both obstacles with his new invention, the Fotokite – a lightweight, camera-equipped quadricopter controlled with a tether (for the purposes of this demo, a dog leash). He turns one on, points it in a direction, and it flies out, hovering at a consistent angle. Then he launches a second, and a third. While the Fotokite would have a huge impact on journalism, it should also prove useful for archeologists, architects, wildlife biologists, emergency responders and more. The possibilities are endless. If you had one, Lupashin asks, what would you do with it?
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