The nimbly-named PD6B-AW-ARM has two claw machine-like appendages that can grab things (LIKE CHAIRS), lift them right up, fly a ways with them, and then drop them. Beyond chair-stealing, this beauty can help search and rescue crews drop buoys and floats to people during natural disasters.
Drones aren’t usually known for their dancing prowess. But a new performance presents a whole flock of autonomous drones, with no pre-programmed routes, taking their cues from a human dancer in real-time. European artist-scientist team CollMot Robotics set out to create the piece to offer an alternative vision to UAVs used for military and surveillance purposes. “Artists and scientists can…
