Thursday, June 2, 2011

Quadcopters let loose on a safari to spy on animals

 Most people today know about robots, but animals in Africa don't. With that in mind, Microdrones let some of their quadcoptors loose on a safari in Kenya, Africa. The drones even caught some amazing footage of the animals. Instead of humans creeping up on the animals with big cameras, its small robots hovering from above. This is a completely new way that may change animal filming around the world. Another good thing is that the robots can hone in on the animals without scaring or alarming them. So with all this in mind, animal filming will just keep getting better and better! Thanks for reading and you can view the awesome footage in the video above.

-original: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/microdrones-film-confused-african-wildlife

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