This simple, ingenious design keeps drones from breaking when they crash
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ETH Zürich’s FlexiQuad uses a flexible ring fuselage to bounce off walls, squeeze through gaps, and grab objects on the fly. At first glance, FlexiQuad looks like a small drone. Just one more buzzing thingy doing its flying thing. Then you see it crashing against a tree. A regular drone would crash …
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