Flying Quadrocopters Play Pong


  • The vehicles/ball are tracked by an overhead motion capture system and controlled by a pair of computers.
  • Mark Müller, Sergei Lupashin and Raffaello D'Andrea at the ETH Flying Machine Arena.
  • Switzerland
  • Contact/Source: YouTube Channel and Website
  • Bio: The Flying Machine Arena (FMA) is a portable space devoted to autonomous flight. Measuring up to 10 x 10 x 10 meters, it consists of a high-precision motion capture system, a wireless communication network, and custom software executing sophisticated algorithms for estimation and control.