20th February 2008, 06:34 am
A Spy And A RoboFly:
This radio-controlled insect-like aircraft is actually a robotic dragonfly spy called DelFly II developed by robot jockeys at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It can fly for at least 15 minutes and can take off and land vertically, and can even fly backwards. Imagine this robot improved even further; its developers is planning to create a DelFly Nano with a wingspan of just two inches, making it effectively invisible. Check out the video after the jump.
Here is its Video:
Tags:
Biomimetics,
DelFly,
Mechatronics,
Robofly,
Robotics,
servo,
spy,
survey,
uav Category:
Biomimetics,
Communication,
Control Engineering,
Mechatronics,
Weapons & Defence |
Comment
14th February 2008, 10:52 am
Ok, this is just too damn cool. The Surveyor crew have integrated the SRV-1 controller with a quad-rotor helicopter.
The heli, called “X-3D-BL Scientific,” is from a German company called Ascending Technologies GmbH. I knew it was easy to use the SRV-1 controller for other wheeled vehicles, but seeing it on a UAV is pretty exciting. They don’t have too much info up yet, but it sounds promising. Here’s a video of the aircraft (without SRV-1 controller) in action:
