# The astounding athletic power of quadcopters.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 30, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410 "2014-07-30T10:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/1 "2014-07-30T10:19:17Z")

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This is [Too Cool.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2itwFJCgFQ) Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/2 "2014-07-30T13:46:21Z")

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[Formation flying](http://phys.org/news/2012-02-airborne-robot-swarms-complex-video.html) is cooler.

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**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/3 "2014-07-30T15:41:52Z")

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It is impressive. If they could do all those things without the motion capture apparatus, it would be truly impressive.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/4 "2014-07-31T17:05:38Z")

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I expect future quadcopters and robots will have better situational awareness and won’t need external locational aids.

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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/5 "2014-07-31T17:32:06Z")

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Cool - yes.

Athletic power - no.

Skynet has not yet become self aware. 😉

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**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/6 "2014-07-31T18:35:11Z")

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I love these things! Of course they are going to be a pain in the butt for law makers for years to come. [Parrot bebop](http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/bebop-drone/) is a new drone that is not on the market yet, but I am anxiously awaiting.

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**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-astounding-athletic-power-of-quadcopters/694410/7 "2014-08-02T17:49:45Z")

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Very cool. Thanks for bringing this to attention.