{"id":13397,"date":"2016-10-23T17:24:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T21:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13397"},"modified":"2016-10-23T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T21:24:28","slug":"sci-tech-videos-tesla-self-driving-demo-urban-aero-vtol-volocopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13397","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech videos: Tesla self-driving demo + Urban Aero VTOL + Volocopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some interesting technology videos:<\/p>\n<p>** Demonstration of a fully autonomous\u00a0self-driving\u00a0Tesla:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/blog\/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now-have-full-self-driving-hardware\" target=\"_d\">All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware | Tesla<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Self-Driving Hardware on All Teslas\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/188105076?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanaero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Aero<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tactical-robotics.com\/category\/cormorant\" target=\"_blank\">Cormorant\/AirMule<\/a>\u00a0vertical-take off and landing (VTOL) ducted fan autonomous vehicle\u00a0is large enough to transport cargo and one or two persons. I&#8217;ve posted here several times over the years about Israeli-based Urban Aero and they appear\u00a0close to a commercial vehicle. This video starts with an animation but at 1:22 there is footage of a working full-scale prototype flying quickly across the sky:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lb8iD2L_kIY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** The German electric <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-volo.com\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volocopter<\/a> has flown a person on a <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12460\" target=\"_blank\">low altitude\u00a0demo flight<\/a>. It is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-volo.com\/index.php\/en\/e-volo-en\/timeline-en\" target=\"_blank\">now being tested extensively<\/a> in unmanned mode:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>During the test flight program, the Volocopter demonstrated various dynamic flight maneuvers at higher speeds for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>These test flights did not only serve as a presentation of possible flight dynamics. The actual goal was to gain important knowledge in order to optimize the current developments of the new prototype for serial production. This included determining the VC200\u2019s power requirements during different flight maneuvers and at different speed levels. \u00a0In order to evaluate the limits of flight behavior, the positioning and height automation, as well as the flight maneuver limits were deactivated during some tests.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w1UXRkCsyKg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=textbooks&amp;banner=09VF4V621A18RX4WRYG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=6da7a699dec2bc86da0c7c2a250efe94&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some interesting technology videos: ** Demonstration of a fully autonomous\u00a0self-driving\u00a0Tesla:\u00a0All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware | Tesla ** Urban Aero&#8216;s Cormorant\/AirMule\u00a0vertical-take off and landing (VTOL) ducted fan autonomous vehicle\u00a0is large enough to transport cargo and one or two persons. I&#8217;ve posted here several times over the years about Israeli-based Urban Aero &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13397\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech videos: Tesla self-driving demo + Urban Aero VTOL + Volocopter<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3u5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14153,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14153","url_meta":{"origin":13397,"position":0},"title":"Sci-tech: Volocopter 2X &#8211; Two person VTOL multicopter going into production","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It appears the first multi-copter-style VTOL vehicle to come to market will be the Volocopter\u00a0from e-volo of Germany: World premiere of the Volocopter series model 2X The flying taxi is just about to be launched onto the market Friedrichshafen, Germany in April 2017.\u00a0The German start-up e-volo is celebrating the world\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NK_17_7129_520x293.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16945,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16945","url_meta":{"origin":13397,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Volocopter to demo electric vertical take-off and landing air taxis in Singapore in 2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted here many times over the years about vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles, particularly those derived from electric multi-rotor drone style technologies. 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