Scientists at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in Lausanne, Switzerland, have been hard at work inventing the world’s first flying robot that can crash, pick itself up, and fly off again.

Adam Klaptocz, a doctoral student working on the project, says that the inspiration for their designs came from nature. They looked to insects, which are adept at avoiding most obstacles, but still easily recover if they do, in fact, crash into an object.

“We build robots that are better adapted to the real world, not just the lab environment,” says Klaptocz.
via Robotics Trends

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