Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail

EPFL engineers have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give it unprecedented flight agility.
Full article: actu.epfl.ch/news/raptor-insp...
Article en français: actu.epfl.ch/news/un-drone-a-...
Laboratory of Intelligents Systems: www.epfl.ch/labs/lis/
EPFL: www.epfl.ch/
#drone #bioinspired

[@monkeybooze1774]

who else would love to see this deliver their packages?

[@rajeshr6440]

Great job, hope you guys get great financial backing

[@peteneedham870]

Congratulations! It only took man 100+ years to think, “Gee! If I want to make a flying machine, maybe I should look at how birds do it!”
The only thing I would change is to have horizontal tail feathers only, and make the tail rotate a bit.

[@chveyk]

And also - for "better controllability" they use a "controlled thrust vector". In any "drones" and other similar "models" this is expressed in a variable pitch of the propeller (both positive and negative) and even in a variable position of the propeller in two axes!

[@selfawaredevices]

well done!

[@DTheProducer]

This is amazing!

[@tchaffman]

I'd imagine this technology would be favored in the military over quadcopter drone designs

[@ixxie9098]

Im doing a project related to drone can you put up materials you have used in making this ?

[@mattphorwich]

How much will it cost? I love learning about robotics drones and exoskeletons!

[@tinopiru5175]

Mui
bravo italiano siempre el numero 1

[@0xym0re]

ok maintenant mettez une cam pour faire du fpv dessus :D

[@chveyk]

You tell those "British scientists" there that what they came up with is called "variable geometry of the bearing planes". And they invented it in the 60-70s of the LAST CENTURY!

[@monsieurVi]

Yeah, I think they are just using this knowledge to further develop drones for more specific & safer to operate scenarios.

[@kooshanjazayeri]

good for them

[@brutal_nik]

Что-то мне подсказывает, что тут ничего сверхъестественного нет ))

[@md.moinulislam9467]

MASHAALLAH khub valo

[@BrianTrimble]

His wish is a few years to late. This technology has already been designed into next gen secret craft. I've seen them on their test flights through this area which has several high-tech sites with secret satilite detection super computer systems.

[@leotestoy486]

You know what the difference is, when some secret company developing such technology without patent, because they dont want to show the world their technique, to a university that develop this stuff? The University publish their research and the company cant make money because everyone will know about the technology thanks to universities.

[@mattphorwich]

Also does it have a name yet?

[@nou4898]

flying bird drone test thing prototype 2

[@eskop.9477]

RÜDIGER NICHT SO TIEF 1:35

[@cnjzyjdheckfy]

обычная изменяемая стреловидность крыла

[@alexeyklyshnikov7145]

Gosh that's what I call silly design. ++And just before calling me stupid hater please provide me with tech specs of this plain: chances are it would be topped by existing toy plains

[@Armin-ry9rm]

This is for camouflage

[@jeanrauber311]

Wasn't raptor a dinosaur?

[@MattacksRC]

Not as agile as a 3D rc plane.

[@MattacksRC]

Lets see it do 3d then

[@nou4898]

yea a nice rc cube
very agile when spamming thrusters on all sides