Ornithopter with morphing-coupled wingbeat pattern [video]

Re:Ornithopter with morphing-coupled wingbeat pattern [video] by gedy on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:49PM (#33738992)

I wonder if this would make a more efficient/effective drone for warfare. Creepy thinking of AI bird drone loitering munitions.

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Re:Ornithopter with morphing-coupled wingbeat pattern [video] by j-pb on Friday November 25, 2022 @01:18AM (#33739803)

This will just result in the extinction of endemic bird species in war zones, and after that be as effective as regular drones.

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Re:Ornithopter with morphing-coupled wingbeat pattern [video] by Teever on Friday November 25, 2022 @05:19AM (#33741007)

I remember reading a DARPA document from about a decade ago that proposed drones that could land on power lines and leach power. They proposed drones that changed shape to blend in with whatever technical widgets are already hanging off the power lines. While they were charging they could be used as stationary surveillance stations or nodes in a mesh network.

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