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Drone deploys sensors by shooting them as darts

2020-10-29T21:14:59+0000

When conducting environmental studies in hard-to-access locations, scientists will often set up wireless networks of small data-logging sensors. Deploying those sensors can be difficult and even dangerous work. Although drones have already been experimentally used for the placement of environmental sensors, the deployment methods have involved either dropping the sensors onto the ground, or sticking them onto vertical surfaces using an attached appendage such as a mechanical arm. With these limitations in mind, a team at Imperial College London created the dart-shooting quadcopter.

New EPFL drone design was inspired by a bird

2020-10-29T12:15:46+0000

Engineers in the EPFL Laboratory of Intelligent Systems have designed a new drone inspired by a raptor. When the researchers say raptor, they’re not talking about a dinosaur or the Ford pickup. Researchers carefully studied the shape of the bird’s wings and tail and its flight behavior. That behavior was used to develop a drone with similar characteristics.

Feathered drone uses morphing wings and tail to fly like a raptor

2020-10-29T09:11:19+0000

The team has continued refining this design to introduce more moving parts, enabling the drone to now fly with "unparalleled agility." The version of the ...

Watch a dog - sort of - fly a drone

2020-10-29T02:18:40+0000

Remember that video that was making the rounds? You know, the one with the chimpanzees flying the drone? Well, we debunked that one. Now ...