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Drones With Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump Into the Air
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Swiss roboticists have developed a drone that uses bird-inspired legs to jump to take off.
The RAVEN drone can do jumping takeoffs just like crows do, and can use those same legs to get around on the ground.
It can walk a meter in just under four seconds , hop over 12 cm gaps, and jump into the top of a 26 cm obstacle.
RAVEN drone has legs for jumping takeoffs that are ten times more energy efficient than standing takeoffs.
The drone can also take advantage of its legs to move on the ground in a much more efficient way relative to making repeated short flights.
Researchers from EPFL , UC Irvine and EPFL in Switzerland say they hope to scale up to larger fixed-wing drones that could be used for delivery.
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