Environment
Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane
A drone for surveying farmers’ fields takes off vertically and then shape-shifts into a plane, making it easier to launch and allowing it to fly for longer
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Tiny 3D-printed camera lens could give drones vision like ours
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Bat-inspired robot swoops and dives like the real thing
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Whale sharks’ secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones
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US army wants to fire swarm of weaponised drones from a missile
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Drones inspired by insects could keep flying even when damaged
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Amazon makes its first Prime Air drone delivery to a customer
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Health
Drones will fly life-saving blood supplies to clinics in Rwanda
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Budgies reveal the rule that means birds never collide in flight
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Drones get first anti-laser lasers to stop being shot down
With warships equipped with lasers to destroy drones and soldiers using lasers to dazzle the enemy, the first anti-laser defence system is now being tested
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Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles
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How drones are learning to find their own way in the world
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Amazon to begin UK delivery drone trials to make them safer
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US Air Force plans to pluck dangerous drones out of the skies
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