MIT, Harvard University and the City University of Hong Kong are working together to create this unique looking drone that shares some properties with insects. The aim of the project is to one day pollinate crops or carry out rescue missions with the small drones. Learn more at news.mit.edu
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A bumblebee drone. MIT, Harvard and the City University of Hong Kong worked together to develop this agile miniature drone. This shares properties with flying insects. The special thing about this drone is its new class of soft actuators made from carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes contract and expand when a current flows through them, flapping the wings and allowing flight. The drone can flap its wings 500 times per second, making it easier to recover from an in-flight collision. The hopes for this project are to one day use the drones to pollinate crops or carry out rescue missions.
