Their drone draws inspiration from the winged flying squirrel, a type of squirrel that uses loose flaps of skin attached from their wrists to their ankles to glide from tree to tree. "The flying ...

An experimental drone addresses that problem in a bio-inspired fashion, by extending flying-squirrel-like membranous wings as needed. Developed by Dohyeon Lee, Jun-Gill Kang and Soohee Han at ...

With the ability to independently adjust the thrust of each of their four motors, quadcopters are exceptionally agile compared to more traditional aircraft. But in an effort to create an even more ...