Drones With Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump Into the Air (spectrum.ieee.org)
from cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2024 16:19
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32839230

#technology

threaded - newest

floofloof@lemmy.ca on 06 Dec 2024 16:25 next collapse

I look forward to flying in electric planes that scamper amusingly down the runway.

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Dec 2024 16:27 next collapse
Hubi@feddit.org on 06 Dec 2024 17:05 collapse
inv3r510n@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2024 16:44 next collapse

Well now they’re just mocking birds aren’t real

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Dec 2024 16:52 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/84e1a693-fd30-41b8-8d04-562410b4df3c.webp">

latenightnoir@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2024 17:14 next collapse

I sure didn’t expect to see a chicken plane today!

Edit: there’s a pun in there somewhere:-?

sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org on 06 Dec 2024 21:55 collapse

Plain chicken is so dry tho.

latenightnoir@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 2024 05:04 collapse

Theere it is! Thank you!:))

Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Dec 2024 17:20 next collapse

Here’s the gif from the article of it in action

NGL I think it’s adorable

<img alt="" src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/animated-image-showing-a-fixed-wing-drone-that-looks-like-a-small-bird-using-its-legs-to-walk-over-a-flat-surface-in-a-laborator.gif?id=55132892&width=1200&height=711">

HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Dec 2024 17:41 next collapse

The humble Glinthawk

sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org on 06 Dec 2024 21:53 collapse

I think it’s adorable

Meanwhile, 1000 miles away

*Target acquired*

RandomStickman@fedia.io on 06 Dec 2024 17:34 next collapse

Robirb

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 06 Dec 2024 18:11 next collapse

Can't see one of these things without now picturing it carrying an explosive up to some soldier and detonating.

sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org on 06 Dec 2024 21:55 collapse
TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org on 06 Dec 2024 19:08 next collapse

"See honey, I told you they ain't real."

xnx@slrpnk.net on 06 Dec 2024 20:24 next collapse

Wouldnt wheels that can lift up when theres stairs make more sense

Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2024 20:37 next collapse

Animals used to do that!

Okay grandpa, time for your Juvenat injection therapy.

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 2024 07:07 collapse

Robot chicken? Really? The ruzzians deserve better! Like "Vlad was run over by a robodozer. " and not " Vlad was pecked to death by a robotic chicken "