Flying, Driving Drones and Flying Monkeys
Flying, Driving Drones From the MIT roboticists who created the world's first flying monkey comes flying, driving drones. Roboticists at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a quadcopter drone with wheels. It drives and flies autonomously. The drones can swarm in groups. And they can do so without colliding with each other. There's an important innovation breakthrough here. Current drone robots that are good at one form of transportation aren't good at another. The MIT drone is good at both flying and driving. Flying Monkeys This same team of roboticists previously created a robot called the "flying monkey". The monkey flies, runs and grasps objects. But it isn't autonomous. The researchers program its paths. It can't safely travel on its own. But it has served as a foundation for the roboticists next iteration on their innovation theme - flying, driving drones. F...