News tagged with flying robot
Cyclogyro Flying Robot Improves its Angles of Attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past few decades, researchers have been investigating a variety of flying machines. Most studies have focused on improving the flying performance of standard flying mechanisms, rather ...
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Bird-like robot perches on a human hand (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Among the many challenges of designing flying robots is getting them to land gracefully. By taking a cue from birds, a team of engineers has developed a flapping-wing flying robot that can land ...
May 03, 2012 |
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Micro helicopters leave the nest
Within the framework of the EU project sFly, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new type of flying robot that can be navigated using only on-board cameras and a miniature computer. The micro helicopters ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Is that a robot in your suitcase?
A flying robot as small as a dinner plate that can zoom to hard-to-reach places and a fleet of eco-friendly robotic farm-hands are just two of the exciting projects the robotics team at the Queensland University ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Swarming robots - enhancing the communication in flying robot systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wouldn’t it be nice if each household had an electronic helper or if robots could fulfill the tasks that are too dangerous or troublesome for humans? Things that are taken for granted ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense shows off a flying sphere robot (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working with the Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense have created what they claim is the worlds first completely spherical flying robot. The robot, which has roughly the same dimensions ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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The Aeryon Scout gets VideoZoom10x upgrade (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Aeryon Scout is not a new piece of technology. This flying robot, which was created by a Canadian company called Aeryon Labs, is able to quietly hover in place and point a camera down ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 09, 2011 |
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Flying machines are YouTube sensation
(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest YouTube sensation isn’t a puppy that dances to Lady Gaga or a kitten that opens beer bottles. By using unmanned aerial vehicles called quadrotors, two Ph.D. candidates at the ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Micro flying robots can fly more effectively than flies
There is a long held belief among engineers and biologists that micro flying robots that fly like airplanes and helicopters consume much more energy than micro robots that fly like flies. A new study now shows ...
Aug 01, 2009 |
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Robotics insights through flies' eyes
To understand how a fly's tiny brain processes visual information efficiently enough to guide its aerobatic feats -- and ultimately to build more capable robots -- researchers in Munich, Germany, have set ...
Jul 31, 2009 |
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NASA 'Smart SPHERES' tested successfully on international space station
(PhysOrg.com) -- In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered and delivered motion data to its astronaut handler for the first time via a new smartphone controller. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.
Nov 13, 2009 |
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