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Comments on: RoboTurk helicopter to aid disaster recovery

Autonomous helicopter, developed with Microsoft's robotic software and in partnership with the Istanbul government, can capture video from a disaster site and stream it back to a command center.

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Microsoft Software Controlling a Helicopter?
by c|net Reader February 27, 2008 2:31 PM PST
If that doesn't sound hazardous, I don't know what does!
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lol
by rnieves1977 February 27, 2008 2:59 PM PST
you'd think so. The software is pretty solid though.
Project Name
by omercelik February 27, 2008 2:49 PM PST
Thank you very much for your post. Let me correct a point that projects name is RobotTurk with to 't'. You can check it from http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/HHHlaunch/gallery.mspx#4

Thanks

Omer CELIK
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by helinet September 22, 2008 10:33 AM PDT
I'm surprised that the guys over at iRobot (creaters of the Roomba) had not developed something like this already. I guess Microsoft has not completely lost their cutting edge on technology.

Leslie
http://www.helinetaviation.com
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by helinet September 22, 2008 2:21 PM PDT
It seems <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.helinetaviation.com/" target="_newWindow">helicopters</a> going 250 knots is beyond the physical limitations of science....until now.
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by helinet November 22, 2008 12:07 AM PST
Has this <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www2.ogu.edu.tr/~robotel/" target="_newWindow">Robo Turk</a> program been updated yet?

Leslie

[roboturk](http://www2.ogu.edu.tr/~robotel/)
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