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MIT researchers have developed Robust MADER, an updated multiagent trajectory-planner system that helps prevent drone collisions by generating collision-free trajectories even when communications between drones…
Artistic representation of a microdrone with two active light-driven nanomotors between red blood cells. Credit: Thorsten Feichtner A hand-held laser pointer produces no noticeable recoil…
Calving front of the Upsala Glacier in Argentina. This glacier has been thinning and retreating at a rapid rate during the last decades — from…
MIT researchers have pioneered a new fabrication technique that enables them to produce low-voltage, power-dense, high endurance soft actuators for an aerial microrobot. Credit: Courtesy…
Cyber attackers could target 3D printed objects in health care, aerospace, and other fields. Cybersecurity researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the Georgia Institute of…
Aerospace engineers at MIT have devised an algorithm that helps drones find the fastest route around obstacles, without crashing. Credit: MIT News, with background figure…
Fish are thought to adjust their tail stiffness in order to swim efficiently over a wide range of speeds, but how and when they tune…
A drone flying through smoke to visualize the complex aerodynamic effects. Credit: Robotics and Perception Group, University of Zurich To be useful, drones need to…
The drone-delivery service in Christiansburg, Va. — the first in the country to deliver goods directly to residences on demand — gave researchers a unique…
Insects’ remarkable acrobatic traits help them navigate the aerial world, with all of its wind gusts, obstacles, and general uncertainty. Such traits are also hard…
The Common Research Configuration Research Quadrotor Biplane autonomously transitions between hover and forward flight to capitalize on the strengths of both flight modes. Credit: U.S.…
Aerial view of the active vent and gas plume of Manam volcano, Papua New Guinea, from a fixed-wing drone at 2300 m altitude. Credit: Emma…
Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail. Credit: 2020 EPFL/Alain Herzog EPFL engineers have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give…
Skilled pilots approaching a runway usually can’t see small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) encroaching on their airspace, and they virtually never detect motionless drones, a…