{"id":12619,"date":"2023-02-24T10:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1394310"},"modified":"2023-02-24T10:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:51:44","slug":"are-bioinspired-drones-the-next-big-thing-in-unmanned-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=12619","title":{"rendered":"Are bioinspired drones the next big thing in unmanned flight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A raft of research, supported by startup<\/a> developments, suggests drones inspired by nature are the future of flight.<\/p>\n

Plans for the future of airborne transport include seeing a small army of drones competing for space in the sky with the 50 billion birds worldwide<\/a>. But there\u2019s also the potential of a halfway house, where drones that look like birds end up flying alongside the animals they\u2019re inspired from and the traditional quadcopters.<\/p>\n

A new raft of drones<\/a> inspired by nature, many of which are university spin-offs, are capturing the attention of investors. Animal Dynamics<\/a>, which was launched in 2015 as a spin-off from a University of Oxford project and has since raised \u00a335 million, sells the Stork parafoil drone, which \u2014 while not looking much like an animal \u2014 includes inspiration from nature in terms of how it works. (A previous project, Skeeter, was more closely inspired by the movement of a dragonfly\u2019s wings, including its flapping propulsion.)<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>The Stork parafoil drone. Credit: Animal Dynamics<\/figcaption>