MIT’s Firefly Robots Create Floating 3D Display From Colored Micro Helicopters

Dan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:52:19 +0000

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

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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MIT’s Firefly Robots Create Floating 3D Display From Colored Micro Helicopters