Hey folks, if you watch enough of these drone videos, you may start to get an inuitive feel for the underlying technology. An intuitive feel is essential for understanding how this technology is going to play out and how it will be used warfare/conflict in the future. Standard analysis almost always leads you astray -- way too many variables.
Here's Raffaello D'Andrea.
He's a scientist, engineer, mathemetician, and designer that produces dynamic artwork using robots/drones. He's pushing the boundaries of what this tech can do. It's well worth it to watch a highlight reel of his projects (a variant of ping pong, juggling, etc.):
Dynamic Works - Highlights from Raffaello D'Andrea.
One of his more recent projects was to use a drone swarm to assemble a faux brick wall. Here's the reel (notice how the drones work in the backround as the cocktail party goes on):
If you've made it this far, let me point out what's interesting. Here's the soft spot. The controller/foreman that's telling the swarm how to build the structure and measuring progress:
If you are still a little bewildered by all of this. Keep checking back. I'll do the heavy lifting.
Your guide on the future of conflict,
John Robb
PS: Here's the question: are you robust or resilient? If you don't know, click.