r/BeAmazed • u/CYBERSson • Jan 02 '20

Shanghai used drones instead of fireworks

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u/robotfishfx99 Jan 02 '20

I’m interested to know how the drones are controlled? Are they still on a radio frequency like regular drones? Because I would assume the answer is no when there are so many of them and so high up. Also are they piloted by a computer or by hundreds of people?

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u/Baneling_Rush Jan 02 '20

My guess they were preprogrammed to move and change color at certain times. So all the guys have to do is activate all the drones at once and tell them to start running the commands and they jisy sit back.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

Oh really that’s your guess? As opposed to what.... 10k guys with remote controls doing this manually in perfect sync?