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Scientists (from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) have come up with a technique enabling a flapping-wing robot to land autonomously on a horizontal perch with the help of a claw-like mechanism.
Flapping-wing drones may be more agile and energy-efficient than their fixed-wing counterparts, but most of them still can't loiter in one spot. A new model addresses that limitation by using a claw mechanism to perch in a bird-like fashion.
A flying robot with wings controlled by a magnetic field instead of heavy motors and gears slightly outperforms insect muscles