Jun 26, 2018 · Scientists from the University of Tokyo have created a transforming drone code-named "DRAGON". That name comes from its description: "Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the Ability of...

Mar 14, 2023 · The drone is powered by eight individual ducted fans which allow the snake-like aircraft to hover effortlessly and manipulate heavy objects.

May 8, 2023 · A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is creating and testing a snake-like robot called EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor). Inspired by a desire to descend vents on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus and enter the subsurface ocean, this versatile robot is being developed to autonomously map, traverse, and explore previously inaccessible ...

Dec 13, 2022 · The paradise tree snake belongs to a particularly unique family of serpents capable of “flying” through the air, likely much to the dismay of anyone suffering from ophidiophobia.

Jun 28, 2018 · The JSK Lab at the University of Tokyo has designed a modular flying robot that propels itself through the air with several small fans. The entire device is built to autonomously alter its shape during flight, allowing the robot to maneuver its way through obstacles that might obscure its path.

Feb 20, 2023 · These hypnotic flying robots are able to change their structural shape mid-air, creating some unprecedented capabilities. Effectively, these bots are built in segments, and each segment has its own...

JPL’s EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) was conceived of as an autonomous snake robot that would descend narrow vents in the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus to explore the ocean hidden below.

Jun 21, 2018 · By changing the fan thrusters’ direction to generate vectored thrust, the DRAGON drone is capable of carrying out an astonishing range of transformative motions in the air; transitioning into...

Aug 22, 2017 · Remote, high altitude, small and narrow area accident monitoring system that combines the advantages of drone and snake robotThis system is expected to be ab...

Jun 27, 2018 · researchers from the university of tokyo have developed a new drone designed to look like a dragon that fly autonomously through the air.