Aquatic Micro Aerial Vehicles (AquaMAV) for water health monitoring, Aerial Robotics Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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Aquatic Micro Aerial Vehicles (AquaMAV) for water health monitoring

Published on Dec 15, 2016

Collecting water data with flying robots will allow rapid response to natural disasters, and lower the costs of water health monitoring. To enable this, we have developed an Aquatic Micro Air Vehicle(AquaMAV) a novel robot able to dive into water from flight. It is inspired by the plunge dive of Sulid birds and can dive into the water, record data and collect water samples, before retaking flight with a high-powered burst of thrust. This video presents an overview of the current vehicle.

"Drone dives like a seabird, bursts skyward like a flying fish"

by Nick Lavars
December 15, 2016

 

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Aquatic Micro Air Vehicles for water health monitoring

Published on Feb 12, 2017

Robert Siddall, Alejandro Ortega, Raphael Zufferey, Talib Al-Hinai and Mirko Kovac
Aerial Robotics Laboratory, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London
"Aquatic Micro Air Vehicles for Water Health Monitoring”

Winner: Best Robot Video
AAAI Video Competition 2017