Controlling a Quadrotor Using Kinect
My colleagues working on the Flying Machine Arena (or FMA) at the ETH Zurich have just posted a video of their latest feat: A natural human-machine interface for controlling their quadrocopters.
Until now, visitors of the FMA could use a magic wand like the one in the right picture to send quadrotors racing through the 10x10x10m space. As shown in the video, the addition of a Kinect now allows a far more natural and intuitive interaction.
What's next? I vote for using the new interface to have Asimo directing the FMA's dancing quadrocopters to the Quadrocopter Opera!
[ ETH - IDSC ]
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