Hacking Kinect to Fly a Miniature Helicopter

ETH is the first to use Xbox Kinect to control a mini helicopter with hand motion.

We are looking for ways to make interaction with our vehicles natural and intuitive. With this in mind we implemented a demo for fast, dynamic interaction with a quadrotor vehicle using the Kinect in the Flying Machine Arena.

As you can see from the demo, you can control the quadrotor with just hand motions. This will definitely lead to more awesome vehicles to control using the Kinect.

I tell you, this is Sorcery.

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