DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has challenged researchers to build drones that mimic the size and behavior of bugs and birds. Cobb’s answer is a robotic hawk moth ...
Animal Dynamics has spent four years writing software that operates the hand-launched drone like an insect and allows it ... The current version has a shoebox-sized payload bay but a larger ...
The main application researchers have in mind is for search and rescue. A swarm of drones can explore an unstable or dangerous area, and identify key areas to focus rescue efforts on.