{"id":12892,"date":"2018-10-30T10:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/epfl-researchers-develop-small-flying-robots-able-to-pull-objects-up-to-40-times-their-weight\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:48","slug":"epfl-researchers-develop-small-flying-robots-able-to-pull-objects-up-to-40-times-their-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/epfl-researchers-develop-small-flying-robots-able-to-pull-objects-up-to-40-times-their-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"EPFL researchers develop small flying robots able to pull objects up to 40 times their weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Researchers from EPFL and Stanford have developed small drones that can land and then move objects up to 40 times their weight with the help of powerful winches, gecko adhesives and microspines.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Developed jointly by Stanford University and Ecole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (<a href=\"https:\/\/epfl.ch\/index.en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPFL<\/a>), the FlyCroTugs \u2013 flying, micro, tugging robots \u2013 came out of the laboratories run by Mark Cutkosky, the Fletcher Jones Chair in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, and Dario Floreano, at EPFL\u2019s School of Engineering (<a href=\"https:\/\/lis.epfl.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIS<\/a>). Equipped with advanced gripping technology \u2013 inspired by gecko and insect feet \u2013 and able to interact with the world around them, these robots can work together to lasso a door handle and tug the door open. FlyCroTugs are micro air vehicles that the researchers modified so that they can anchor themselves to various surfaces using gecko adhesives and microspines. Thanks to these mechanisms, FlyCroTugs can pull objects up to 40 times their weight, such as door handles or, in a rescue scenario, cameras and water bottles.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Inspired by<\/strong><strong> nature<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cPeople tend to think of drones as machines that fly and observe the world. But flying insects do many other things, such as walking, climbing, grasping and building. Social insects can even work together and combine their strength,\u201d says Dario Floreano, the study\u2019s lead senior author. \u201cThrough our research, we show that small drones are capable of anchoring themselves to surfaces around them and cooperating with fellow drones. This enables them to perform tasks typically assigned to humanoid robots or much larger machines.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from EPFL and Stanford have developed small drones that can land and then move objects up to 40 times their weight with the help of powerful winches, gecko adhesives and microspines. 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