DARPA develops robotic helicopter legs

Posted on 17 Sep 2015 by Michael Cruickshank

The US Military is working on a technology which would allow helicopters a greatly enhanced degree of landing maneuverability.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working with the Georgia Institute of Technology in order to develop a revolutionary new helicopter landing system. Through the use of robotic legs, this system could theoretically allow a helicopter or other vertically-landing aircraft the ability to land on sloping or unstable surfaces. “Having the ability…

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