Paradroid promo for Google Developer’s Day, Tel Aviv, 2011.
High level overview
Paradroid 3rd Jump
Paradroid 3rd Jump - Onboard camera view. notice the left turn on 0:50 and right turn on 1:42.
Paradroid 3rd Jump - Ground view. You can clearly see the right turn just before landing.
Landing spot is 15 meters from destination!
Paradroid 3rd Jump - Host diver cam. Paradroid is ejected on 0:04. It’s also visible in the horizon on 0:26.
Paradroid 2nd Jump - Afte implementing lessons learned from the first dive we made numerous adjustments to Paradroid. However, the unbearable crulness of life caused the chute not to open at all.
Paradroid fell from 1000ft for 23 seconds. Amazigly, it kept working the whole way down, no harm was done to the robot and no new fractures on the Nexus S (still carries some scars from the bridge…).
Shit happens.
Paradroid, 1st Jump onboard cam. Paradroid is constantly trying to turn to the south. However, strong winds from the west are forcing it to the east. More aggressive turns are needed.
Paradroid, 1st jump ground cam. Gentle turns, Drifting east.
Before Paradroid can become a skydiver - it will practice BASE jumping!
Manually navigated jumps from “Akbara” bridge (240ft, Tsfat, Israel) helped us tweak the steering methodology.
