The video below of quadrocopters juggling has been making the rounds among geeks, futurists, robot nerds and other lovers of technology.

These autonomous flying machines, based upon Ascending Technologies’ quadrotor technology, were developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

By using a sophisticated motion capture system, the robotic copters can use location data to make extremely precise motions in real time. Just watch for yourself.

Now it’s all well and good when the robots decide to play with balls. But one might very easily imagine more nefarious activities for such deft machines.

Found via crunchgear.