Scientists can track up to 50 helicopters at any one time
An exhibition to be built entirely by flying robots will be hosted by the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France. Entitled 'Flight Assembled Architecture', the 6m-high tower will be comprise 1,500 prefabricated polystyrene foam modules.
The exhibition has been developed by Swiss architect Gramazio & Kohler and Italian robot designer Raffaello D'Andrea, to inspire new methods of thinking about architecture as a "physical process of dynamic formation".
The installation involves a fleet of quadrocopters programmed to interact, lift, transport and assemble the final tower, all the time receiving commands wirelessly from a local control room.
The tower, which will be 6m high and 3.5m wide, will be constructed within a 10m by 10m by 10m airspace, in which up to 50 vehicles can be tracked simultaneously, at a rate of 370 frames a second, with millimetre accuracy.
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