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Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 2 weblog




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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 ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

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 ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how butterflies ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Robots in reality

Consider the following scenario: A scout surveys a high-rise building that’s been crippled by an earthquake, trapping workers inside. After looking for a point of entry, the scout carefully navigates ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Cyborg insects generate power for their own neural control

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years, researchers have been working on designing and fabricating micro-air-vehicles (MAVs), flying robots the size of small insects. But after realizing how difficult it is to create ...

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created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 24 | with audio podcast feature

Flapping micro air vehicles inspired by swifts

Scientists have designed a micro aircraft that will be able to flap, glide and hover like a bird.

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created Jul 02, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Tiny micro air vehicles may someday explore and detect environmental hazards

Dr. Robert Wood of Harvard University is leading the way in what could become the next phase of high-performance micro air vehicles for the Air Force.

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created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Satellite navigation steers unmanned micro-planes

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unmanned aircraft system guided by satnav has been developed within ESA's Business Incubation Centre to provide rapid monitoring of land areas and disaster zones. The planes have already ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Giving Robotic Flight More Buzz: Bee Study Could Improve Micro Air Vehicle Agility in Wind Gusts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not every engineering dean wants a live bee colony outside of his office, but such is the case at the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

3 Questions: Nicholas Roy on deploying drones in U.S. skies

In June, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to expand flights of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, along the Texas-Mexico border for surveillance purposes. Although unmanned aircraft have ...

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created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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