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This Drone Uses Piercing Talons to Perch--or Snatch Things

WIREDDec-1-2021, 19:00:00 GMT

Quadcopters these days are so precious. They take off and hover, taking pictures or whatever, and then land, recharge--and blah. If these drones were birds, they'd be prey. But the Stereotyped Nature-Inspired Aerial Grasper, or SNAG, would be their apex predator. This new quadcopter has legs, each loaded with four 3D-printed talons that lock around whatever makes contact with them, be it a branch to rest on or perhaps, someday, other drones flying where they're not supposed to.

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Country: Europe > Netherlands (0.05)

Technology: Information Technology > Artificial Intelligence > Robots > Autonomous Vehicles > Drones (1.00)

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