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I've heard ideas for flying robots that would hook themselves onto power-lines like birds (or maybe more like bats I guess) and charge themselves with induction
by jlgreco 14y ago
I've heard ideas for flying robots that would hook themselves onto power-lines like birds (or maybe more like bats I guess) and charge themselves with induction from the line.
Probably several kinds of illegal, but it would be pretty neat.
- beambot 14y agoThere are examples of wireless recharging [1], and UAVs perching on power lines for recharging [2]. Apologies for the self-indulgent links -- I wrote the articles, so they were easy for me to locate. ;-) [1] http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/04/17/wireless-power-transfer-ground-sensors-using-uav-quadrotor http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/04/17/wireless-power-transfe... [2] http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/07/20/gliding-uav-perches-powerline-recharge http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/07/20/gliding-uav-perches-po...