Prometheus movie trailer shows automated cave mapping probes

[JR-Orion]

This movie looks great. But I noticed something cool in the trailer-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UEv03g51kU

At around the 1:15 mark, a person lets two red probes fly out through a cave. They scan the passage, and at 1:25 you get a brief look at the resulting map.

[agosnell]

Sounds awesome, but the link you have bring me to some nice speakers.

[NZcaver]

Try this:

[JR-Orion]

That's odd about the link. It just takes me straight to the trailer on youtube.

If it's still acting funny, just do a search for "Prometheus official trailer." The one that is two and a half minutes long shows the probe.

Hmm, try this link-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcHYisZFLU

[NZcaver]

That's odd about the link. It just takes me straight to the trailer on youtube.

(Yesterday I edited your post and changed the link so nobody would think you were spamming the forum.)

[JR-Orion]

Thanks for the fix. I bet I was reading about speakers that day and messed up the link.

Think I will try to hit Prometheus opening day- June 8 in the USA.

[JR-Orion]

One more day!

I think the last time I saw a grownup movie in a theater was Sanctum.

[graveleye]

I saw it Friday... I thought it was pretty good.

the little mapping robots were called PUPS or something like that. They mapped quite efficiently and my wife and I were whispering to each other how much we wanted one.

[JR-Orion]

I would agree with pretty good. I wanted it to be great / amazing, but so be it. I did enjoy how Prometheus connected with the other Alien movies and explains a few things.

I got a kick out of the geologist- "I like rocks. I love rocks. But it seems to me that all you care about are giant dead bodies. And I really don't have anything to contribute in the giant dead body arena!"

And yeah, those cave mappers are amazing. Let them go, have a cup of coffee while they work, and get treated to a full 3D map of the cave.

[LukeM]

Did somebody ask for autonomous robotic mapping? Actually, plenty of researchers are currently working on ways to map interior environments using quadrotors and LiDAR/Kinect/Cameras. With the ever increasing energy density of batteries along with miniaturization and lessening costs of electronics we could very well see commercially available autonomous mappers soon.

[JR-Orion]

Thanks for the link. I thought I read something once about XBOX 360 Kinects being hacked to scan caves.