A bird-like micro aerial vehicle perching on a human hand Although winged micro air vehicles (MAVs) are pretty impressive in the free flight, one of the skills that has proven difficult for... Read more
Swarms of flying robots might sound a bit ominous to those of us anxiously awaiting the inevitable robot uprising that will see humanity drop a notch on the scale of planetary dominance. But... Read more
Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are in development at various research institutes and aerospace firms worldwide with an eye toward someday being used in applications such as search and rescue oper... Read more
A young robotics engineer has developed a perching mechanism that could be invaluable to the field of Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs. Mirko Kovac, of Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale... Read more