Université de Sherbrooke researchers demonstrate a new approach to landing multirotors on steep, irregular ice surfaces Cats may seem an unlikely source of inspiration for drone landing gear. But retractable claws helped researchers at Canada’s Université de Sherbrooke address a difficult problem: landing a drone on steep, slippery ice. The result is the Ice Dart, a … [Read more...] about Cat-Inspired Claws Help Ice Dart Drone Land on Steep Ice
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Could Insect-Inspired Technology Be The Key to Indestructible Consumer Drones?
We've all experienced those persistent flying bugs - The ones that seem to survive no matter how many times you swat them or how many windows they crash into. But what if you could build that same level of resilience into a drone? That's the premise of a study published by three scientists from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Intelligent systems … [Read more...] about Could Insect-Inspired Technology Be The Key to Indestructible Consumer Drones?
