ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sergei Lupashin - Aerial robotics researcher
Sergei 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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TEDSalon Berlin 2014

Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash

Sergej Lupašin (Sergei Lupashin): Leteća kamera... na povocu

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Hajde da priznamo: vazdušni foto dronovi i bespilotne letelice su pomalo jezivi i idu sa velikim regulacionim i sigurnosnim problemima. Ipak slike iz vazduha mogu da budu snažan način govorenja istine o svetu: veličina protesta, širenje naftnog izliva, divljina sakrivena u delti. Sergej Lupašin predstavlja Fotozmaja, novi kreativan način za posmatranje sveta sa visine, sigurno i pod kontrolom.
- Aerial robotics researcher
Sergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow. Full bio

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I cameДошао here to showсхов you
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Došao sam ovde da vam pokažem
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the FotokiteFotokite.
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Fotozmaja.
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It's a tetheredspojeno, flyingлети cameraКамера.
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To je kablovska, leteća kamera.
Ali pre nego što to uradim, želim
da vam ispričam malo
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But before I do that, I want to tell you a bitмало about
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where it cameДошао from, what motivatedmotivisani it.
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o tome odakle potiče
i šta ju je motivisalo.
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So I was bornрођен in RussiaRusija,
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Rođen sam u Rusiji,
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and threeтри yearsгодине agoпре, in 2011,
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i pre tri godine, 2011.,
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there were the Russianruski federalфедерална electionsizbori.
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bili su ruski federalni izbori.
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There were massiveмасивни irregularitiesнеправилности reportedпријавили,
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Prijavljene su ogromne nepravilnosti,
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and people cameДошао out to protestprotest,
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i ljudi su izašli da protestuju,
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whichкоја was very unlikelyмало вероватно for RussiaRusija.
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što je veoma čudno za Rusiju.
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And no one really knewзнала
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Niko nije znao
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how significantзначајно these protestsпротести were,
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koliko su bili značajni ti protesti,
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because, for whateverшта год reasonразлог,
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jer iz bilo kog razloga
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the worldсвет mediaмедији largelyу великој мери ignoredигнорисана it.
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svetski mediji su ih ignorisali
u širokom luku.
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Now, there was a groupгрупа of photographersфотографи
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Bila je grupa fotografa
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who kindкинд of flewполетела flyingлети camerasкамере as a hobbyhobi
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koja je na neki način puštala
leteće kamere kao hobi
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usuallyобично photographingфотографисање things like the SphinxSfinga,
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uglavnom fotografišući stvari
poput sfingi,
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the PyramidsPiramide — who happenedдесило to be
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piramida - što je izgledalo kao da su
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right around the cornerугао, and they flewполетела a cameraКамера
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iza ugla, i puštajući kameru
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and they tookузела some snapshotssnimci,
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napravili su neke snimke,
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some panoramaspanorame of this demonstrationдемонстрације.
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neke panorame ovih demonstracija.
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Just completelyу потпуности independentнезависно entityentitet,
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Sasvim nezavisni entitet,
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completelyу потпуности randomслучајно occurrencePonavljanje,
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sasvim nasumični događaj,
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and the imageслика, when I saw it, it really struckударио me.
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i kada sam video sliku,
totalno me je pogodilo.
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Here'sEvo one of the panoramaspanorame.
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Evo nekih panoramskih snimaka.
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So in a singleједно imageслика,
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U jednoj slici,
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you can really see the scaleСкала of this eventдогађај
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možete zapravo da vidite
nivo ovog događaja -
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just the numberброј of people,
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sam broj ljudi,
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the colorsбоје, the bannersreklamni natpisi.
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boja, transparenata.
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You just can't considerразмотрити this insignificantбезначајно.
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Ne možete ovo smatrati beznačajnim.
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All in a singleједно imageслика, whichкоја was really coolхладан to me.
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Sve u jednoj slici,
što je za mene zaista sjajno.
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And I think, in the futureбудућност,
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Mislim da će u budućnosti
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journalismновинарство and manyмноги other professionsprofesije,
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novinarstvo i mnoge druge profesije,
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there are flyingлети camerasкамере alreadyвећ
quiteприлично commonlyобично out there,
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gde su leteće kamere uveliko zastupljene,
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but I think, you wait a fewнеколико monthsмесеци, a fewнеколико yearsгодине,
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ali mislim da ako sačekamo
nekoliko meseci ili godina,
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and for manyмноги professionsprofesije, it's really going to be
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za mnoge profesije će to biti
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a requirementуслов.
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neophodnost.
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And it make senseсмисао. It's
suchтаква a uniqueјединствен perspectiveперспектива.
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I ima smisla. Jedinstven je izgled.
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Nothing really communicateskomunicira
this scaleСкала, for exampleпример,
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Ništa toliko ne komunicira
na ovom nivou, na primer
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in contextконтекст, in a way that this does.
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u kontekstu, na način kako ovo to radi.
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But there are a fewнеколико hurdlesprepreke,
and they are quiteприлично basicосновно
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Bilo je nekoliko prepreki
ali su one osnovne
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and quiteприлично fundamentalфундаментално.
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i prilično bitne.
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One is pilotingpilotiranje.
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Jedna je pilotiranje.
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So for this imageслика, they flewполетела a cameraКамера,
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Za ovu sliku, puštali su kameru,
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a fiveпет kilogramкилограм deviceуређај with an SLRSLR underиспод it.
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napravu tešku pet kilograma
sa SLR-om ispod njega.
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It's quiteприлично heavyтежак, lots of
spinningпредење, sharpоштар things.
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Prilično je teška, sa dosta oštrih stvari
koje se okreću.
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It's a bitмало uncomfortableнеудобан to flyлети,
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Malo je neprijatno za letenje,
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probablyвероватно alsoтакође for the operatoroperater.
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verovatno i za upravljača.
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In factчињеница, you can see that on the
back of the pilot'spilot je shirtкошуља, it saysкаже,
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Zapravo, možete da vidite da na
pozadini pilotove majice piše:
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"No questionsпитања untilсве док landingслетање"
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"Bez pitanja tokom leta".
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in Russianruski and in Englishengleski,
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na ruskom i engleskom,
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because people are curiousрадознао, and they'llони ће go tapславина you,
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jer su ljudi radoznali, i zapitkuju vas
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and then you loseизгубити your focusфокусирати and things happenдесити се.
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a potom gubite koncentraciju
i dese se stvari.
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And these guys are great. They're professionalsпрофесионалци;
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Ovi momci su sjajni. Profesionalci su.
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they're really carefulпажљив in what they do.
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Veoma su pažljivi u tome što rade.
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So in the protestsпротести, maybe you noticedПриметио,
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Možda ste primetili da u ovim protestima,
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they flewполетела over the riverрека so it was quiteприлично safeсигурно.
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oni lete preko reke što je bilo
prilično sigurno.
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But this doesn't necessarilyнужно applyприменити to
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Ali to nije obavezno primenjivo
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all people and all conditionsуслови,
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na sve ljude i sve uslove,
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so we really have to make pilotingpilotiranje easierлакше.
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tako da moramo da olakšamo pilotiranje.
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The other problemпроблем is regulationsпрописи,
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Drugi problem su pravila,
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or ratherприлично, the lackнедостатак of good regulationрегулација.
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ili bolje rečeno, nedostatak
dobrih pravila.
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For manyмноги good reasonsразлоге, it's just difficultтешко
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Iz mnogo dobrih razloga, teško je
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to come up with commonзаједнички senseсмисао lawsЗакони
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doneti zdravorazumske zakone
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to regulatereguliše flyingлети camerasкамере.
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kako bi se regulisale leteće kamere.
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So we alreadyвећ have camerasкамере.
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Već imamo kamere.
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EveryoneSvi here, I'm sure, has a
smartphonepametni telefon with a cameraКамера, right?
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Siguran sam da svako ovde ima
pametni telefon sa kamerom, zar ne?
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There are more and more of them.
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Sve ih je više i više.
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You hearчујеш about people with
GoogleGoogle GlassStaklo beingбиће attackedНападнут.
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Slušate kako napadaju
ljude sa Gugl naočarima.
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You hearчујеш about, actuallyзаправо, a droneTrut pilotпилот,
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Slušate o pilotu dronu,
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a hobbyisthobijima, was attackedНападнут two weeksнедељама agoпре
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kako je napadnut pre dve nedelje
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because he was flyingлети nearблизу a beachплажа.
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jer je leteo blizu plaže.
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Here'sEvo some personalлични inputулазни I didn't expectочекујте.
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Evo ličnog primera koje nisam očekivao.
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Just yesterdayјуче, I was attackedНападнут by a guy
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Baš juče, napao me je momak
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who claimedtvrdio that I was filmingsnimanje him.
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koji je tvrdio da ga snimam.
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I was checkingпровера my emailемаил right here —
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Proveravao sam svoju imejl poštu
upravo ovde -
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easyлако way to get inputулазни for your talk.
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lak način da dobijete savet za vaš govor.
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But I think there are better solutionsрешења.
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Ali smatram da ima boljih rešenja.
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I think we have to defusedeaktivira the situationситуација.
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Smatram da moramo da olakšamo situaciju.
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We have to come up with responsibleодговоран solutionsрешења
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Moramo da istupimo
sa odgovornim rešenjima
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that addressАдреса the privacyprivatnost issuesпитања
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koja se dotiču problema privatnosti
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and the safetyбезбедност, accountabilityодговорност issuesпитања
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i sigurnosti, problema odgovornosti
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but still give us that perspectiveперспектива.
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ali nam ipak daje prikaz.
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And this is one potentialпотенцијал solutionрешење.
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A ovo je moguće rešenje.
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So this is the FotokiteFotokite.
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Ovo je Fotozmaj.
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Well, let me see, it's a quadrocopterquadrocopter,
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Hajde da vidimo, ovo je kvadrikopter,
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but what's kindкинд of specialпосебан
about it is there's a leashpovodac.
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ali ono što je posebno je povodac.
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It's literallyбуквално a dogпас leashpovodac. It's very convenientпогодно.
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To je bukvalno povodac za pse.
Veoma je zgodan.
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And the neatуредан thing about it is,
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Fina stvar kod njega je
to što nam ne treba
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to flyлети it, there's no joystickspalice, nothing like this.
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nikakav upravljač ili nešto poput toga.
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You just turnред it on
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Samo ga uključite
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and you pointтачка in the directionправац that you want to flyлети.
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i pokažete u pravcu u kom želite da leti.
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You give it a little twistobrt.
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Malo ga zakrenete.
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That's kindкинд of the way you communicateкомуницирајте.
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Na taj način komunicirate.
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And there it goesиде.
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I tako funkcioniše.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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So the interactionинтеракција is superСупер simpleједноставно.
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Interakcija je veoma jednostavna.
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It's like a personalлични flyingлети petКућни љубимац.
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Kao da je vaš lični leteći ljubimac.
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It just always maintainsodržava a certainизвестан angleугао to you,
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Podešava specifičan ugao koji mu zadate
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and if I moveпотез around with it,
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i ako se okrenem oko njega,
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it'llто ће actuallyзаправо followпратити me naturallyприродно.
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prirodno će me pratiti.
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And of courseкурс, we can buildизградити on topврх of this.
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Naravno, ovo možemo da nadograđujemo.
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So this leashpovodac has some additionaldodatne electronicsелектроника.
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Zato ovaj povodac ima dodatnu elektroniku.
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You can turnред it on.
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Možete je uključiti.
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And now, it's like tellingговорећи your dogпас to flyлети lowerниже,
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Sada govorite vašem psu da leti niže,
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if you have suchтаква a dogпас. So, I can pressпритисните a buttonдугме
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ako imate takvog psa.
Mogu da pritisnem dugme
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and manipulateманипулирати it ratherприлично easilyлако.
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i mogu da lakše upravljam.
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So I just shiftedпомерено its positionпозиција.
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Samo sam mu podigao poziciju.
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And it's really safeсигурно.
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I veoma je sigurno.
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I don't know about you guys in the frontфронт rowред
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Ne znam za vas u prvom redu -
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(LaughterSmeh) — but at leastнајмање in principleпринцип,
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(Smeh) - ali barem u principu,
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you have to agreeдоговорити се that you feel saferсигурније
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morate da se složite
da se osećate sigurnije
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because there is a physicalфизички connectionвеза.
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jer postoji fizička veza.
05:07
LiveŽive demosдемос are hardтешко, right?
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Isprobavanja uživo su teška, zar ne?
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Things go wrongпогрешно all the time.
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Stvari uvek krenu loše.
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But no matterматерија what,
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Bez obzira na sve,
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this thing will actuallyзаправо preventспречити this thing
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ovo će zapravo zaustaviti ovu stvar
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from going into you.
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da ide ka vama.
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What's more, it tellsкаже you immediatelyодмах that
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Štaviše, govori vam momentalno
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I am the one responsibleодговоран for this deviceуређај.
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da sam ja taj koji je odgovoran
za ovu spravu.
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You don't have to look for someoneнеко controllingконтролисање it.
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Ne morate da tražite nekoga
da je kontroliše.
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Now, I can tell you that it's easyлако a lot,
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Mogu da vam kažem da je veoma lako,
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but I think a really good way to proveдоказати that
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ali mislim da je najbolji način
da to dokažem
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is to grabграб a secondдруго one
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to da uzmem drugu napravu
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and launchлансирање it.
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i lansiram je.
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And if I can do this on stageфаза liveживи,
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Ako mogu da ovo uradim uživo na pozornici,
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then I can showсхов eachсваки and everyсваки one of you
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onda mogu da pokažem svakome od vas
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in fiveпет minutesминута how to
operateрадити one of these devicesуређаји.
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u pet minuta kako da koristi jednu
od ovakvih sprava.
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So now we have two eyesочи in the skyнебо. (ApplauseAplauz)
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Sad imamo dve oči na nebu. (Aplauz)
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And now the trickтрик is gettingдобијања them back.
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A sad je zadatak da ih vratim nazad.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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So my questionпитање now to you is,
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Moje pitanje sada za vas je,
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well, it's a niceлеп solutionрешење,
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pa, lepo je rešenje,
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it's very accessibleприступачан, it's safeсигурно.
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veoma je pristupačno i sigurno.
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What would you use it for?
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Za šta biste je koristili?
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What would you use suchтаква a cameraКамера for in your life?
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Za šta biste koristili ovakvu kameru
u svom životu?
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Stefan Zrnovic
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sergei Lupashin - Aerial robotics researcher
Sergei 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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