Flying Machines Weaving a Bridge

Watch Flying Machines Weave a Rope Bridge You Can Walk on

Hallie Siegel | September 18, 2015

Using quadrocopters and some rope, researchers have woven together a bridge strong enough to walk across.  Made at the ETH Zurich Flying Machine Arena in Switzerland, the bridge joins two scaffolds, and is the first full-scale load-bearing structure autonomously built by flying machines. The feat represents one more step in the field of robotic aerial construction...

Source: http://robohub.org/watch-flying-machines-weave-a-rope-bridge-you-can-walk-on/

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