Here's a prototype of an autonomous helicopter with four engines (quadrotor) capable of carrying out extreme movements in confined areas. Daniel Mellinger, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar from Grasp Lab at the University of Pennsylvania have designed this ultra easy to use UAV (Unmanned Aerial Ve…
The Micropilot MP-Vision Glider is an unmanned air vehicle. It can be preprogrammed with specific flight plans in advance. This drone can be optionally equipped with a camera to take snapshots of crops or forest areas, for example. The MP-Vision has a radio control but can also fly autonomou…
Stanford University's Biomimetics Laboratory has developed a drone which is able to cling on walls and stay fixed. The airplane clings on walls thanks to small spines on its front feet. The main difficulty with this technology is being in a position to be able to make the plane land on a vertic…
Drones come in various sizes and with various functions (transport, surveillance, combat) but often the existing planes and helicopters are still rather on the large side. Fortunately at RobotShop we've already taken a step further in surveillance with our Skybotix helicopter drone. In terms of…
What a wonderful idea to send a Drone to scan the Tyrolean Alps. This drone is equipped with a High Definition camera; the pictures taken show the beauty of this magnificient landscape. It skims the trees and the summit of the mountains while flying. This is very daring since its prototype coul…
