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VertiKUL takes off like a helicopter, but flies like a fixed wing aircraft
One of the main disadvantages of copter drones is their low energy efficiency: in order to create and maintain a sufficient lift, a lot of energy is needed, thus decreasing the endurance of the UAV. T...
05 August 2014, by
Dronologista
Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rough terrain
The Deployable Air Land Exploration Robot (DALER) uses its own wings to crawl and roll over a variety of terrains. Using a self-adjusting structure to transform its wings into rotating arms, the robo...
26 July 2013, by
Ludovic Daler and Hallie Siegel
Six rotors, six legs, one gripper
http://youtu.be/0sOvP9PhDQU
Those crazy guys at Mad Lab Industries have put together a multimodal contraption that flies like a hexrotor (because it is one) and walks like a hexapod (because it is al...
23 December 2012, by
John Payne
