demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
MIT ACL - Variable Pitch Quadrotor
AerospaceControlsLab · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2013–2016).
SignalTube analysis
Among 55 other demo videos tagged Robotics, the mean is 0.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.5× that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 0.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2016; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 2 minutes 54 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2011-07-08.
- Channel / speaker
- AerospaceControlsLab
- Verified runtime
- 2m 54s
- YouTube upload date
- 2011-07-08
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2016
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Robotics. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIT ACL - Variable Pitch QuadrotorCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | 2m 54s | 2011-07-08 |
| Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everythingdemo · Mark Rober | 5 | 5 | 29% | No recorded overlap | 21m 32s | 2023-03-18 |
| Festo - SmartBirddemo · Festo | 4 | 4 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 1m 48s | 2011-03-22 |
| Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)demo · olinerd | 3 | 3 | 38% | No recorded overlap | 3m 29s | 2008-03-17 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “1000W LED on a Drone [video]”. Its short rationale: Variable pitch quad flying with little drift.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Plasma wings could change the way airplanes are designed and flown”. Its short rationale: MIT variable pitch quadcopter demonstration.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Amazon Promises Package Delivery By Drone: Is It for Real?”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.