Damage free collisions

[bmaudsley]

Collision-dodging drones can navigate tight spaces without crashing

Two teams of engineers have taken separate approaches to enable drones to carry out research or rescue operations with a reduced risk of crashing

www.newscientist.com

Judging from the huge number of crashes reported on these forums this looks like a great drone for many of us . For more details look at the source papers linked at the end. And it weighs in at less than 250g.

 

[Camino Ken]

This link requires a subscription to read. Clickbait?

 

[akdrone]

new scientist isn't a clickbait kind of place, just a "you can't read unless you subscribe" place. Different.

 

[Meta4]

Judging from the huge number of crashes reported on these forums this looks like a great drone for many of us .

Industrial inspection drones for work in GPS denied environments like this one are much too expensive for hobby fliers.

 

[bmaudsley]

Sorry , try this which is a link to one of the sources.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.04423.pdf

 

[bmaudsley]

Another link https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.11055.pdf