Re:Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rou...
by oh_teh_meows on Friday July 26, 2013 @02:46PM
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Imagine this being used on commercial aircrafts...
Captain: We have now landed at SFO. We will now taxi to gate A3.
Passengers: OH CRAP. bumps up and down
But in all seriousness, this could be a precursor to a more fluid form of wing morphing, i.e. without joints. Sort of like Eddy in Stealth, which morph its wings to direct jet exhaust downwards to create vertical lift.
Re:Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rou...
by ryandoom on Friday July 26, 2013 @06:10PM
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I've fallen and I can't get up! Looks cool, but based on the design once it's on the ground I can't see how it could generate enough airspeed for lift to get back in the air.
Re:Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rou...
by dkokelley on Friday July 26, 2013 @06:58PM
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I imagine a good use case could be for search and rescue in rough/inaccessible terrain. Imagine a building has collapsed trapping people inside. A flight-capable vehicle could quickly navigate to the area, and once it reaches the rubble, it can crawl in, searching for survivors.
Re:Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rou...
by seanmcdirmid on Friday July 26, 2013 @10:09PM
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> I've fallen and I can't get up!
How many of us are old enough to get that?
Consider the end point of a mission; getting there is more important perhaps than getting back, especially for a drone. If everything work out, they can be retrieved manually later.
Re:Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rou...
by hallieatrobohub on Friday July 26, 2013 @01:20PM
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This project uses a unique design approach called 'adaptive morphology', where one part of a robot’s structure is adaptable and shared between different modes of operation. Cool!
What is a BL/s? Body-length per second?
Captain: We have now landed at SFO. We will now taxi to gate A3.
Passengers: OH CRAP. bumps up and down
But in all seriousness, this could be a precursor to a more fluid form of wing morphing, i.e. without joints. Sort of like Eddy in Stealth, which morph its wings to direct jet exhaust downwards to create vertical lift.
Designed for single use ?
How many of us are old enough to get that?
Consider the end point of a mission; getting there is more important perhaps than getting back, especially for a drone. If everything work out, they can be retrieved manually later.
Or perhaps they just need to find a cliff.