Dancing Robots (Quadrocopters)

On a lighter note, I have been working on a programming project for the website I am building.  I had to revisit many of my coursework modules from University during this time, the most heavily referenced being the AI Modules [Artificial Intelligence] which I'll use in a Game to create an opponent worthy of playing against.

Software Agents, [AI programs] despite being one of the most frustrating things to program are actually one of my favourite areas of software development.  The field has so much potential in my eyes and that of many others.  For now though in revisiting those areas I thought I'd share with you a video or two, in these videos you will see Quadrocopters.  A Quadrocopter is an autonomous robot - it can think for itself and decide what it wants to do based on its set of actions its environment and it BDI - Beliefs Desires and Intentions.

As you watch these videos remember that these robots are not being manually controlled, they are responding in the way they choose to the environment.  They can hear the music and they can communicate with each other and they decide how best to move and react.  The result?  Robots Dancing.


If you are interested and would like to learn more then you can by visiting ETH Zurich's website: Music In Motion