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aerovironment,nano,uav,nav,darpa,hummingbird,mercury,skynet DARPA contractor shows off tiny robo-hummingbird UAV

DARPA contractor shows off tiny robo-hummingbird UAV

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From Engadget: AeroVironment recently showed off its prototype of a nano-UAV (also called NAV) dubbed Mercury. It is able to fly about and hover in place by mimicking the wing movement of a real hummingbird and, of course, be controlled completely untethered. What's more, the firm says that the final version will actually look like a real hummingbird as well, and be able to be controlled from up to a kilometer away - even inside buildings.

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DARPA is not the world's friend.


written by rougy  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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faced with unemployment in the education sector, I'm thinking of dusting off my BS in Physics and building some WMD's.


written by Hawkinson  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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Tags for this video have been changed from 'aerovironment, nano, uav, nav, darpa, hummingbird, mercury' to 'aerovironment, nano, uav, nav, darpa, hummingbird, mercury, skynet' - edited by kulpims


written by siftbot  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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that's all nice and all, but what's the point when the battery runs out within a minute?


written by shole  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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*military


written by xxovercastxx  | 5 months ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Military) - requested by xxovercastxx.


written by siftbot  | 5 months ago | CH
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Orrite. Very cool.

However I do wonder what the point is over those little remote controlled helos.

I know wings are the only option at the scale of a fly, as the aerodynamic laws wont provide lift at that scale.

But I can buy a remote mini helo for $50 australian right now.


written by Raaagh  | 5 months ago | CH
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