New Drone Flies Twice as Long

Ring Shaped, Bicopter Drone


Source:  EPFL - Samir Bouabdallah & his Ring Drone

Flybotix

This new, novel drone Flybotix can fly twice as long as conventional models, including a quadcopter of the same size.  The drone is only a foot wide and flies with two, counter-rotating propellers that are stacked inside the body of the drone.  It also has an advanced, algorithm-based stabilization mechanism that enables it to double the flight time of conventional drones. The propulsion system is modelled after helicopters.

Swiss Invention
The drone was developed by the startup FLYBOTIX.  The founder and inventor is Samir Bouabdallah, who worked at ETH Zurich and EPFL for over twenty years, developing drone technology.  The propellers in his "bicopter" are longer than what's used in a similarly sized quadcopters.  That gives the drone more lift and greater battery energy efficiency.  It appears to be an ideal drone to inspect hard to reach and fragile places like ducts inside industrial buildings because the propellers are secured inside the drone.  For a free Kindle borrow of my book "List of Top New Robots", go to amazon.com/author/ekane  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K4QX385/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i11

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