It's nice to see all the different ways killer robots will be able to move in the future, it's gonna be much more impressive than terminator.

I can't wait for the dystopian future where I'm running in the forest trying to escape a swarm of killer drones

The tech is scary. Being able to network each drone means you could have a basic onboard system, while the computation power is elsewhere, and you can reduce the size of the unit to very small, yet have very many units to perform many tasks at once. This would mean you could have a group of drones scouting the area for targets, another group defending the main group from being detained and a third group engaging the targets found by the scouts. Seeing we already arm and engage military targets, being able to shrink the size means we can put more of them into the area and take out a military unit of soldiers, or just target the command personnel while leaving the lower ranks alive to surrender. The possibilities are endless...

Having thousands of cutting edge tech drones used on search and rescue would be save more lives

I very appreciate that you are reviewing actual prototypes, because they are representative of where the tech is actually going. I rarely watch these 'game changing new technology' videos because they only talk ideas, computer graphics and far reaching fantasies, without any concern to the practical part. Thank you!

"...this one can actually chase you down with ease." said the quiet part out loud there.

Skynet is proud of our work.

I had an idea similar to the drive shown earlier in the video, the one with 4 wheels with props inside. My idea was to use a common stator and an inner and outer rotor, one to spin the wheels, one to spin the props. The wheels could still function as ducts, to increase the efficiency of propellers, and the mass of the tire rings could allow the use of gyroscopic prossesion as a means of controlling yaw, and even for maintaining stability in high winds or during fine maneuvering. Obviously, without actually building one, I can only speculate that this design would be successful, but seeing the design of the drone here got me excited about the concept, again.

It's the old double edged sword. It depends on the people using advanced technology, ie, what their intentions are. I love the opening shot of the flying dragon, it's just gorgeous.

I'm very impressed with the variations that have been made to drones. Thanks. I, particularly, liked the aquatic drone and the clever vtol to horizontal flight.

Seeing in Ukraine how current consumer drones have already changed warfare, by killing thousands of soldiers who have no means to protect themselves against them, is already frightening. Knowing that in the future there will be no way to hide from them because they will be autonomous shapeshifting swarms, is just horrendous!

I think they are making excellent progress. I think it is a great idea for drones to be able to spread their wings and land in difficult locations. I am wondering if these can be used for tracking wildlife, search and rescue, inspections, delivery, and possibly assembly.

Drone swarms make me worry for obvious reasons. I see the potential for good but there is some really bad things that could be done with one.

I LOVE transforming robots! i adore the concept of shifting between forms to different pros and cons, the only thing comparably as cool is having hot swappable option packs. love seeing all the cool and clever gimmicks people can squeeze into a machine

My first thoughts are 1) search & rescue when combined with machine learning could both help identify survivors in water and other terrain that humans might miss, AND be better able to stay in 1 place while rescuing even if there are strong storm winds and whatnot 2) the one that goes both through the air and 10 feet deep in the water would be immediately hireable to do underwater boat inspection, that would be a nice side business

I want a two "wheel" four blade version of the thumbnail vehicle I can ride, like a flying Segway.

Undoubtedly very impressive and exciting. Sadly they also represent the death of scale model flying hobby (fixed wing, rotor craft etc). Military and Corporations that develop these drones want the skies clear of pesky hobbyists (and are in full force of doing so via the FAA, remote id ETC) but in doing so they also destroy the future talent pool of people who push the tech further and operate such tech.

The more this technology advances, the more we, as a society are screwed!

Can you get them to pick up trash and litter? There is a huge market for cleaning the planet. Hey sientists. Can you get on that? Thank you.

We are _so_ screwed