Folding drone, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Contributors:

Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2013)

National Centre of Competence in Research Robotics (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2617)

Leader - Dario Floreano (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7171)

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https://youtu.be/JaEyI0R8ivU

A folding drone that's ready for takeoff in a snap

Published on May 17, 2015


Thanks to the power of its rotors, this fold-up quadrotor extends its articulated arms and takes off in a fraction of a second. This prototype will be viewed by specialists on May 25 at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Seattle.

Read full article:
"A folding drone that's ready for takeoff in a snap (https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-folding-drone-that-s-ready-for-takeoff-in-a-snap)"

by Cecilia Carron
May 20, 2015

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Article "Is that a DRONE in your pocket? Researchers reveal folding ‘origami’ quadcopter that can instantly take flight (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3089999/Is-DRONE-pocket-Folding-origami-quadcopter-instantly-flight.html)"

Quadcopter's arms can be folded in for storage to save space
When rotors start, the unfurl the wings so drone can take off
Could be used as a spy gadget - or in swarms over disaster zones

by Mark Prigg
May 20, 2015

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https://youtu.be/W2iRlCd0aeQ

A foldable cargo drone (https://www.nccr-robotics.ch/2017/09/12/a-foldable-cargo-drone)

Published on Sep 12, 2017