Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by sliverstorm on Thursday February 21, 2013 @05:42PM
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What happens when somebody else develops a drone to catch & return grenades thrown in through your window?
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Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by Scaevolus on Thursday February 21, 2013 @06:46PM
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That's where the juggling algorithm comes into play.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by sliverstorm on Thursday February 21, 2013 @05:51PM
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(I'm guessing the answer cumulates in anti-drone drones, e.g. air superiority drones. Drone dogfights!)
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by elektronaut on Thursday February 21, 2013 @07:42PM
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Or simply stronger windows.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by slurgfest on Friday February 22, 2013 @12:24AM
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Or a person can use a grenade launcher
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by alexkus on Thursday February 21, 2013 @07:30PM
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Simple. Have the drone hold on to them for long enough that they explode before the others have a chance to return it.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by ryen on Friday February 22, 2013 @03:48PM
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From PBS's Rise of the drones
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/rise-of-the-drones.htm...
They profiled a new type of drone which is basically a human-controlled missile. Fly it right into a window!
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by nooneelse on Saturday February 23, 2013 @12:38AM
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I'm actually a bit curious why we haven't yet seen any reports of organized crime related hits using cheap drones and explosives.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by mparlane on Thursday February 21, 2013 @06:36PM
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I'd just make the drones the bomb. Instead of the bomb deploy-er. These things will only get cheaper to produce anyway.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by ajuc on Friday February 22, 2013 @06:30AM
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Yep, that's the way it will evolve, I think. Let's say you can mass-produce a drone with anti-tank explosive for $5000. That's much cheaper than guided anti-tank missiles we have now. And they can be designed to only work for 10 minutes, so no good quality materials required.
Make 1000 of them ($5 000 000 is sth like 1 tank), put them in groups of 20 in 50 places where you suspect enemy will attack. Program them to wait with sensors on, when they detect enemy tanks they go up, land on tanks and explode. Tanks usually have much less armor on the top.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by stcredzero on Friday February 22, 2013 @12:32PM
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Little ones with a small amount of thermite could fly into the gun barrels of main battle tanks.
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by pbhjpbhj on Thursday February 21, 2013 @06:33PM
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Presumably the drone is the "grenade" and so performs evasive tactics. Targetted EMP? Or simply has a "balloon" to make it physically unable to exit the window again (bonus that the balloon blocks out natural light inside and seals the explosion magnifying the effect inside, eg for flashbang).
Re:Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocop...
by pixelcloud on Thursday February 21, 2013 @07:16PM
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Smart grenades?