Today's robotic laboratories for drones are housed in a large room. At times, they are the size of a warehouse. These spaces are typically equipped with permanent devices to localize the drones, e.g., Vicon Infrared cameras. Significant time is invested to fine-tune the localization apparatus to compute and control the position of the drones. One may use these laboratories to develop a 3D multimedia system with miniature sized drones configured with light sources. As an alternative, this brave new idea paper envisions shrinking these room-sized laboratories to the size of a cube or cuboid that sits on a desk and costs less than 10K dollars. The resulting Dronevision (DV) will be the size of a 1990s Television. In addition to light sources, its Flying Light Specks (FLSs) will be network-enabled drones with storage and processing capability to implement decentralized algorithms. The DV will include a localization technique to expedite development of 3D displays. It will act as a haptic interface for a user to interact with and manipulate the 3D virtual illuminations. It will empower an experimenter to design, implement, test, debug, and maintain software and hardware that realize novel algorithms in the comfort of their office without having to reserve a laboratory. In addition to enhancing productivity, it will improve safety of the experimenter by minimizing the likelihood of accidents. This paper introduces the concept of a DV, the research agenda one may pursue using this device, and our plans to realize one.

翻译：当今用于无人机的机器人实验室通常位于大型房间内，有时甚至达到仓库的规模。这类空间通常配备有永久性定位设备（例如Vicon红外摄像机），需要投入大量时间对定位装置进行精细调试，以计算并控制无人机的位置。研究人员可利用这类实验室开发由配置光源的微型无人机组成的3D多媒体系统。作为替代方案，本文提出一种大胆的新概念：将实验室规模从房间大小缩小至放置于桌面、成本低于1万美元的立方体或长方体。由此产生的Dronevision（DV）将具有20世纪90年代电视机的尺寸。除光源外，其飞行光粒子（FLS）将具备网络功能的无人机，配备存储与处理能力以执行分布式算法。DV将集成定位技术以加速3D显示开发，同时可作为触觉界面供用户交互并操控3D虚拟照明。该设备将使实验者能够在办公室舒适地设计、实现、测试、调试及维护实现新算法的软硬件，无需预约实验室。除提升生产力外，DV通过最小化事故概率提升实验者的安全性。本文阐述了DV的概念、利用该设备可开展的研究议程，以及实现该设备的计划。