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Satellite-Guided Unmanned Micro-Planes

ESA’s Business Incubation Center developed an unmanned aircraft that is guided by satnav and can provide fast monitoring of land areas and disaster zones.This new system uses independent micro-air vehicles, or MAVs, with a wingspan of less than two meters that inspect different areas.It was developed by a Germ...

1 September 2010
06:26 GMT

New MAV Has Extreme Aerodynamic Performances

A French researcher has managed to design a new, rugged micro air vehicle (MAV) that has immediately sparked the interest of the US Air Force (USAF) because of its maneuverability and high-aerodynamic performances. The aircraft is able to maintain its superior operating parameters even when it flies through unfavorab...

15 October 2009
20:51 GMT

RoboSwift, the MAV that Could (Fly Like a Bird)

Is it a bird? Is it an airplane? No, actually it's sort of both. It may not be Superman, either, but the small unmanned Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) called RoboSwift is supposed to be capable of quite impressive feats which are sure to leave the commission of the MAV08 competition in awe. The small airplane is des...

8 December 2008
11:24 GMT

Three-Gram Robotic 'Dragonfly' Takes to the Sky

Following the creation of DelFly I and II, researchers from TU Delft have now produced their tiniest Micro Air Vehicle to date, the DelFly Micro, weighing a mere three grams and capable of flying much in the same way as a dragonfly. The new MAV is flown by remote control, implies the help of a small camera and image ...

24 July 2008
11:10 GMT

Half-Life 2 Inspired Drone Takes to The Streets

Those of you who have played the game know what I'm talking about. You know, the small UAV's wondering through the buildings and outside, keeping an eye on you at all time, taking pictures, alerting the authorities towards your location when you break the law... You got the idea. Well, as it turns out, the ...

26 March 2008
05:55 GMT


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