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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by jlgreco on Friday February 01, 2013 @03:28PM (#5153264)
I've heard ideas for flying robots that would hook themselves onto power-lines like birds (or maybe more like bats I guess) and charge themselves with induction from the line.

Probably several kinds of illegal, but it would be pretty neat.

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Re:OpenSource Nano Quadcopter Kit by beambot on Saturday February 02, 2013 @06:05AM (#5155744)
There are examples of wireless recharging [1], and UAVs perching on power lines for recharging [2]. Apologies for the self-indulgent links -- I wrote the articles, so they were easy for me to locate. ;-)

[1] http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/04/17/wireless-power-transfe...

[2] http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/07/20/gliding-uav-perches-po...

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