] Autonomous helicopter flight is characterised by ] helicopters that can fly without a human pilot or ] guidance from a remote-controlled device. Although many ] teams worldwide have been working on so-called vertical ] take-off, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the CSIRO ] helicopter is the first to fly completely independent of ] expensive global positioning systems (GPS) guidance. ] Instead it uses its brain to control its balance and ] orientation. this thing is *damn* cool... |