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‘Our work inspired Ingenuity’s flight on Mars' This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars after launch from the Perseverance rover, (background, left). It is the first helicopter drone to attempt autonomous flight to another planet. Keystone Swiss research inspired the design of the drone technology behind the Ingenuity helicopter which flew on Mars earlier this week.   This content was published on April 25, 2021 - 09:00 April 25, 2021 - 09:00 Sara Ibrahim Writes about the impact of new technologies on society: are we aware of the re...

Humans on Mars: possible, or a pipe dream? Space missions with drones, discovery of extraterrestrial life, people on Mars. It's not science fiction, but scenarios that are becoming more and more realistic... This content was published on April 9, 2021 - 09:00 April 9, 2021 - 09:00 Mars the Red Planet, the intriguing. Mars the mysterious, the inhospitable. Mars the living and the dead. With its vermillion arc across the skies, the dry planet has fascinated humans since ancient times. Its reddish colour, caused by the iron oxide in which its rocky surface is rich, had already amazed the ancient...

 E-Mail IMAGE: When one rotor fails, the drone begins to spin on itself like a ballerina. (Image: UZH) view more  Credit: UZH As anxious passengers are often reassured, commercial aircrafts can easily continue to fly even if one of the engines stops working. But for drones with four propellers - also known as quadcopters - the failure of one motor is a bigger problem. With only three rotors working, the drone loses stability and inevitably crashes unless an emergency control strategy sets in. Researchers at the University of Zurich and the Delft University of Technology have now fo...