A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday shared a drone prototype, which would be able to both drive and fly. "The ability to both fly and drive is useful in environments with a lot of barriers, since you can fly over ground obstacles and drive under overhead obstacles. A drone with wheels is much more mobile while having only a slight reduction in flying time," said PhD student Brandon Araki, lead author on the paper. The hybrid model could solve the ultimate quagmire for drones -- they cannot travel large distances at a go, since flying, even though it is fast and very mobile, is generally limited by battery life. Driving based solutions, on the other hand are limited by obstacles and the low speed of land-based routes.