Morphing Flying Drones to the Rescue
Drone Innovation
Foldable, Highly Agile Drones for Search and Rescue
Researchers at the University of Zurich have invented a new drone that can retract its propeller arms in flight. That makes it small enough to pass through holes and small gaps in disaster areas and engulfed buildings to spot people in need of rescue. Typical existing drones are too large to have this kind of access.
Inspired by Birds
This innovation was inspired by the flight of birds. Birds fold their wings to fly through narrow spaces. The Swiss drone does the same and then returns to its previous shape. There's a camera mounted to the main frame, It has a 'T' shape to bring it as close as possible to objects it needs to inspect.
Morphing Drone
This is a morphing drone that's very versatile and autonomous with onboard perception and control systems. It's a quadrotor with 4 propellers that rotate independently. Their mounted on mobile arms that can fold around the main frame. The control system adapts in real time to the changing positions of the arms and adjusts the thrust of the propellers. It's important drone innovation. For more stories on new innovation, go to my Amazon page amazon.com/author/ekane
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Foldable, Highly Agile Drones for Search and Rescue
Researchers at the University of Zurich have invented a new drone that can retract its propeller arms in flight. That makes it small enough to pass through holes and small gaps in disaster areas and engulfed buildings to spot people in need of rescue. Typical existing drones are too large to have this kind of access.
Inspired by Birds
This innovation was inspired by the flight of birds. Birds fold their wings to fly through narrow spaces. The Swiss drone does the same and then returns to its previous shape. There's a camera mounted to the main frame, It has a 'T' shape to bring it as close as possible to objects it needs to inspect.
Morphing Drone
This is a morphing drone that's very versatile and autonomous with onboard perception and control systems. It's a quadrotor with 4 propellers that rotate independently. Their mounted on mobile arms that can fold around the main frame. The control system adapts in real time to the changing positions of the arms and adjusts the thrust of the propellers. It's important drone innovation. For more stories on new innovation, go to my Amazon page amazon.com/author/ekane
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