Robotics Blog » 3D http://roboticsblog.org Robot and Electronics News Weblog Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:10:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 MIT’s Firefly Robots Create Floating 3D Display From Colored Micro Helicopters http://roboticsblog.org/2010/other-robots/mits-firefly-robots-create-floating-3d-display-from-colored-micro-helicopters/ http://roboticsblog.org/2010/other-robots/mits-firefly-robots-create-floating-3d-display-from-colored-micro-helicopters/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:52:19 +0000 Dan http://roboticsblog.org/?p=1150 MIT's Firefly Floating Helicopter

MIT's Firefly Floating Helicopter


What an awesome display of swarm robotics. These self-organizing micro-bots organize themselves and emit the correct colors to form a free-floating image in the sky.
With a few hundred thousand of these you can create a fully immersive visual environment. Imagine watching a 3D 1080P movie with a few million of these surrounding you!

3D Images From Firefly Free Floating Helicopter Display

3D Images From Firefly Free Floating Helicopter Display

The Flyfire canvas can transform itself from one shape to another or morph a two-dimensional photographic image into an articulated shape. The pixels are physically engaged in transitioning images from one state to another, which allows the Flyfire canvas to demonstrate a spatially animated viewing experience. Flyfire serves as an initial step to explore and imagine the possibilities of this free-form display: a swarm of pixels in a space.

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