Flying microrobot takes steps toward full autonomy (w/ video)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 08:01 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the goal of designing an insect-inspired flying microrobot capable of sustained autonomous flight, researchers have demonstrated for the first time a microrobot that achieves vertical flight using closed-loop control. The researchers predict that the approach they use for controlling flight on this one axis could also be used for controlling flight on all three axes.

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