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Collisions Can’t Stop Crazy Flying Robot-Insect

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Flying robots are great and all, but when a tree or window gets in the way they, conceivably, can only go so far

The Gimball is solving that problem. Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski and Adrien Briod worked on the project at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, part of the Switzerland-based technical university Ecole Polytechnique Federerale de Lausanne (EPFL).

The robot, made of carbonfiber materials, contains a stable inner body while it’s outer, circular body can move in circular motions. When the flying robot hits an obstacle, that outer part allows it to bounce off and keep moving. It mimics the movement of insects and even makes the familiar buzzing noise of a giant fly Read more…

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