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I feel like I'm watching what would be R&D for the movie Batteries Not Included if it were being made now. All joking aside, I love these things. Logistically,
by tomlin 16y ago
I feel like I'm watching what would be R&D for the movie Batteries Not Included if it were being made now.
All joking aside, I love these things. Logistically, is there any hope of a solar panel attachment to keep them alive longer?
- joelhaasnoot 16y agoPart of the reason this works so well is that it's inside. Outside, where you have good sunlight, you have wind that you have to compensate for.
- listic 16y agoRe: solar panels - nope, they are not powerful enough... only maybe if these things will hibernate in the sun for long stretches of time between short bursts of activity. I'm not sure those things are even electic-powered. From what I have heard from modelling, if you want your flying thing to carry any useful load (like, camera and radio) and last over 10 minutes, it is bound to have combustion engine.
- ajscherer 16y agoI have always wondered if a quadrotor could be set up to harvest wind energy. I'm imagining it propping itself up against a tree or something and letting the wind blow it's rotors to recharge. Does anyone know why that won't work?
- sam 16y agoThese aren't quadrotors, but they're relevant: http://www.makanipower.com/ http://www.makanipower.com/
- HeyLaughingBoy 16y agoSolar panels large enough to be useful would probably affect the aerodynamics too much. Simpler to add a charging station somewhere and have the robot go there when it's "tired."