Vijay Kumar quotes

Normally, in the presence of radiation, communication links fail. But with autonomous robots, you don't need communications. (Vijay Kumar)
Robots are good at things that are structured. View quote
Vijay Kumar
Our nano-quadrotor robots are made to be as lightweight as possible: less than a fifth of a pound and palm-sized. They can do an aerial backflip in half a second, accelerate at two Gs, and fly rotor blade to rotor blade in three-dimensional formations - and they do all this autonomously. View quote
Vijay Kumar
Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away? View quote
Vijay Kumar
If you want a robot to maneuver aggressively, it has to be small. As you scale things down, the 'moment of inertia' - the resistance to angular motion - drops dramatically. View quote
Vijay Kumar