Robotic Falcon, drone catcher, HIRoLab, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

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Developer - Human-Interactive Robotics Lab (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?13748)

Team:

Mo Rastgaar (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?13749)

Evandro Ficanha (https://www.linkedin.com/in/evandro-ficanha-99b02349)

Guilherme Ribeiro

Ruiyu Kang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruiyu-kang-a53b9671)

Dean Keithly

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Robotic Falconry - drone catcher system for removing the intruding drones

Published on Jan 3, 2016


Proof of concept prototype of a drone catcher system to intercept and physically remove the intruding multi-rotor drones from the protected areas (patent pending). This system offers a viable solution when force-landing or shooting the drones would jeopardize the safety. A patent is filed.

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Drone Catcher: "Robotic Falcon" can Capture, Retrieve Renegade Drones (https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2016/january/drone-catcher-robotic-falcon-can-capture-retrieve-renegade-drones.html)

by Marcia Goodrich
January 7, 2016

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Article "This drone catcher shoots out nets like Spider-Man (https://www.cnet.com/news/this-net-shooting-drone-catcher-is-like-spiderman-in-the-sky)"
How do you stop mischievous drones? With more drones that function like "robotic falconry," says one university professor.

by Michael Franco
January 9, 2016