Two teams of engineers have taken separate approaches to enable drones to carry out research or rescue operations with a reduced risk of crashing
Technology
9 March 2022
The RMF-Owl is designed to be collision-tolerant for subterranean exploration
De Petris et al.
Prototype drones capable of navigating dangerous and unpredictable mazes without crashing could prove useful for search and rescue teams.
Paolo de Petris at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and his colleagues have developed a flying drone that aims to avoid crashes altogether. The robot, called RMF-Owl, made its debut while winning a competition hosted by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, in which it had to navigate an underground mine and perform rescue-related tasks.
Petris and his team …