Flying robot picks itself up and relaunches after crashing

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Researchers from the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems at Switzerland’s EPFL federal research institute were inspired by the resilience of flying insects, and set out to replicate it in a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle. They succeeded, creating a UAV that can crash into things, fall down, then right itself and get back in the air... Continue Reading Flying robot picks itself up and relaunches after crashing

Section: Robotics

Tags: Autonomous, Biomimicry, EPFL, UAV

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