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Researchers put bird legs on a drone so it can take off by jumping
Their Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments (RAVEN) trades traditional landing gear for a pair of bird-inspired articulated legs that ... where they can take off and land ...
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Bird-like drone hops into the air
CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Most drones utilize VTOL, vertical take-off and landing, but RAVEN's bird legs allow it to launch with a jump, which requires significantly less energy. Fixed-wing flight ...
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Watch This Drone Walk, Hop And Take Flight, Thanks To Its Two Legs
Birds can transition seamlessly ... to purchase fully autonomous, VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) fixed-wing drones, but adding legs marches the vehicles into a new frontier.
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CALLISTO – Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in Stage Toss back Operations
The landing legs are also folded in during take-off and unfolded shortly before landing. The design is based on a CFRP parts, which are supplemented with titanium alloy components at the interfaces.