Next-generation flying robot is inspired by small insects

A team of scientists around the world has released a number of new 'flying robot' designs, most of which are inspired by birds, bats or insects in nature.

The new generation of unmanned aerial vehicles, developed on the inspiration of insects, small animals, fly in the wild. This has made a great turning point in the unmanned aerial technology, solving the problems of flying robots in the past, such as obstacles in urban environments, turbulent air, Orientation in narrow space ...

A new generation of scientists from Brown University, with bat wings - (Photo: BBC News)

Scientists at the University of North Carolina in the United States developed a winged winged bird like the moth. In the laboratory's cyclone environment, its flight is quite stable by twisting wings, similar to the flight of the moth. This study sheds some light on the unique secrets of this insect.

As for the engineers at the University of Maryland (USA), they also fabricate new generation flying robot equipped with a sensor such as insect eyes. With this sensor, robots are able to orient in narrow spaces, especially in urban environments where there are many small obstacles.

The new generation of engineers at the University of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, has sub-sections designed like birds that can capture objects at fast speeds and down-firing similarly to hunting. birds. For the flying robot of the University of Brown, the United States has wings like a bat.

Thanks to the typical thin layer on the wing of the bat, this robot has the versatility in flight performance that other flying robots do not have.

Thus, the new generation of unmanned aerial robots, developed from the inspiration of insect-borne insects, has solved some of the limitations of the older robot. These designs will be used in future surveillance, search and rescue operations.