China has developed a spy drone so small that it is almost impossible to detect. This micro-drone is only about 1.3 ...

New Delhi: It is 2 cm long and weighs 0.3 grams. It has two tiny wings and three spindly legs. No, it’s not an insect, but China’s new military drone that could change the game of covert warfare ...

Then the drone needs to move towards that tree, as it will then become bigger in the image as well," explains de Croon. Navigating in this fashion within an indoor environment, the drone was able to ...

Delft, Netherlands: "This is the DelFly Explorer, the world's smallest drone with flapping wings that's able to fly around by itself and avoid obstacles," its proud developer Guido de Croon of the ...

NAGANO, Japan >> Researchers in Japan have developed an odor-detecting drone that uses antennae taken from insects. The “insect drone” can autonomously find its way to the source of an odor. The ...

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