Much more interesting than it sounds.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Posted Jan. 31,2012 at 8:19 PM EST by Andy Towle in News, Robot | Permalink

1. Christmas 2012 please!?

   Posted by: Robert | Jan 31, 2012 8:36:55 PM

   
   

2. This needs to be set to Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

   Posted by: Steve | Jan 31, 2012 8:57:40 PM

   
   

3. Brilliant!

   Posted by: TampaZeke | Jan 31, 2012 9:09:59 PM

   
   

4. As if Mother Nature didn't give us enough buzzing, stinging, annoying creatures. On the bright side they're too noisy to spy on anyone.

   Posted by: Dowager Countess | Jan 31, 2012 10:17:18 PM

   
   

5. When they are quieter and smaller every totalitarian state will have them.

   Posted by: a toy for big brother | Jan 31, 2012 10:51:38 PM

   
   

6. good luck, kids. it's a new era and even military budgets get cut.

   welcome to everyone else's reality.

   Posted by: tim | Jan 31, 2012 11:57:26 PM

   
   

7. Thanks. Now I'll have nightmares tonight.

   Posted by: Scot Colford | Feb 1, 2012 12:07:09 AM

   
   

8. Too cool!

   Posted by: Walt | Feb 1, 2012 2:49:33 AM

   
   

9. As cool as this is, I can just picture a swarm of these armed with tazers unleashed on protesters to keep them in line, bye bye civil rights, hello big brother. I guess one good thing is in the future, there may no longer be any hand to hand combat, just remote assaults with multiple casualties.

   Posted by: RonTEX | Feb 1, 2012 6:55:35 AM

   
   

10. Cool, yet how perfectly creepy. You can't stop progress, folks! Bring on the anti-quadrotor tactics please...

    Posted by: Derek Pearce | Feb 1, 2012 8:03:30 AM

    
    

11. This is fascinating. Thanx fer posting this. And here is more info for those who are interested, including links to other videos.

    http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/watch-a-team-of-autonomous-quadrotors-build-a-tower-structure-20110117/

    The first military use would or surveillance I would assume. You could probably fit these with a device that could fire ammunition, however.

    Posted by: Charlie | Feb 1, 2012 8:13:56 AM

    
    

12. Chilling.... Skynet comes on line in three, two, one.

    Posted by: Dave | Feb 1, 2012 8:16:05 AM

    
    

13. I picture everyone at the Pentagon watching this and creaming their pants at the same time.

    Posted by: Brian | Feb 1, 2012 10:06:56 AM

    
    

14. Thanks for making me a kid again for a couple of minutes...
    :)

    Posted by: Michel Filion | Feb 1, 2012 11:02:18 AM

    
    

15. anti-quad tactics...tennis racket?

    but they are cool.

    Posted by: Jag | Feb 1, 2012 1:49:55 PM

    
    

16. Way cool. I watched it a couple of times!

    Posted by: James | Feb 1, 2012 5:38:23 PM

    
    

17. Once I realized what they were all I could think of was "military application"....

    Posted by: CARIBTONY | Feb 5, 2012 8:56:56 PM

    
    

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