Drones inspired by insects could keep flying even when damaged

DRONES could learn a thing or two from the birds and the bees. If an aerial robot loses a part mid-flight, you would expect it to crash. But it could stay airborne by mimicking fruit flies, which can keep flying even after a catastrophic loss of limb. To uncover the insects' secret, biologists placed flies with a clipped wing into a wind tunnel and analysed their movements using high-speed cameras. They used this data to run simulations of the flies' wing motion.