Drone makes like an eagle to snatch quarry on the fly

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2908, 2013, pág. 21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • As if being eyes in the sky weren't enough, drones are now getting arms and legs, too. With their newfound limbs they are learning to grab objects in mid-flight or even change a light bulb. Inspired by the way a bald eagle swoops down to seize a fish from the water with its claws. Justin Thomas and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have developed a fast-acting, talon-like gripper for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). When the team studied the eagles behavior, they noticed that the bird employed a useful trick to buy more time to grab its prey.