Drones have penetrated into various fields, but currently the drones used in many places are multi-rotor. Multi-rotor drones have their own advantages, but sometimes the disadvantages are also obvious, such as the endurance of small drones, Wind resistance, etc. In order to enable small drones to become the main force in professional drones, laser pointer to perform some tasks similar to "survey", drone companies began to focus on bionic machines.
Recently, the British start-up company's dragonfly-like mini UAV has attracted people's attention. The drone's inspiration is from dragonflies. Researchers have found that birds and insects can better resist the wind caused by the wind in flight. Booming air conditions, and in terms of battery life, bionic drones are also superior to multi-rotor.
It is currently in the research and development stage and has taken shape. It is reported that the UAV is about 120 mm long, weighs about 20 grams, and can fly up to 45 kilometers per hour. According to scientific researchers, if the future research and development is successful, it may be able to hover and fly like a dragonfly, while gliding with inertia, and will have better performance in energy consumption.
At present, it has attracted the attention of the British Ministry of Defense through the National Defense Science and Technology Laboratory. Last year, it announced an innovative plan for military technology research, encouraging individuals or companies to submit innovative ideas or innovations to the Ministry of Defense expert group. In the next ten years, There will be a budget of 800 million pounds to fund these innovators, which has now become one of the funded projects, and will be used in military fields such as city monitoring, wartime investigation, and wounded search and rescue in the future, which will also be included in the drone Install green laser pointer to eliminate missiles. It was also announced that the laser-type dragonfly UAV prototype will be exhibited this summer, and all military deployments will be completed by the end of next year.