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Imagine a drone with the navigation based on the brain of a fly. It would be practically un-crashable.
by 323 4y ago
Imagine a drone with the navigation based on the brain of a fly. It would be practically un-crashable.
- contingencies 4y agoJust started reading on basic drone aerodynamics. It's not that simple, IIRC. Static stability (the innate ability to immediately remain in equilibrium after a gust of wind, collision, command or other sudden stimulus) is inversely correlated with maneuverability. Intelligent control implies dynamic stability (the ability to eventually return to equilibrium, such as through complex algorithms) but that is correlated with maneuverability and reduced static stability. In other words, to be un-crashable you don't take off, to be stable you aren't intelligent, and to be maneuverable you are intelligent but also delicate.
- yetihehe 4y agoFlies are uncrashable only because they are small enough to survive most impacts. I've also seen uncrashable drone toys, you can throw them on ground, pickup and they will fly again. I've also seen flies hitting into things.
- sliken 4y agoFlys crash all the time, fail on various maneuvers they attempt, like landing on the ceiling. However for the speeds they fly at they are durable enough to survive those encounters.