If Birds Can Perch, Why Can't Drones?
BrainStuff
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4.0 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Designing drones that can land and perch anywhere would be really useful, but it's harder than it may sound. Learn how researchers have pulled it off in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/perchiing-drones-news.htm
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