Fancy flying robots for Unmanned Systems 2015

On the Conference in Atlanta , devoted drones, all looking for trends in the design of UAVs. Here are some of the most interesting and innovative outlandish дронов, who were there.

Last year, the drones crashed on the lawn near the White House, skid radioactive cesium on the roof of the Tokyo office of the Prime Minister of Japan and fell on the battlefields in Iraq and Ukraine. The future design of drones is of great importance for both companies and for the country's armed forces. At a recent show "Unmanned Systems 2015" in Atlanta, Georgia, was shown the future.

With the support of the Association unmanned vehicles Systems International (AUVSI), show united development of drones, military and business leaders from around the world. (Google founders Larry Page also noticed at the site).

< SnowGoose BRAVO from the Canadian company Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology (MMIST) - this upgrade cargo drone of SnowGoose CQ- 10A.





Its original version has been involved in special operations and missions in the United States for many years. Bravo, it may look like a helicopter, as it has a large rotor at the top, but pay attention to the rear propeller. SnowGoose is giroplanom, ie plane, the rotor of which is a stabilizer, and a driving force is applied to the propeller. Unlike a helicopter, the main rotor BRAVO does not need mechanical energy during the flight. Before takeoff shaft power is applied to the main rotor to force it to spin, then the drone takes off into the air like a helicopter. Pusher propeller makes it move forward to maintain the speed of the rotor. President and founder MMIST SnowGoose Sean McCann said SnowGoose BRAVO can carry 270 kg of cargo, soar to a height of 5485 meters and to pick up speed over 110 km / h. In addition, it uses less energy than a conventional helicopter design.

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There are two types of drones from the company Hummingbird AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird , developed under a grant from the Office of the Defense Advanced Research Jobs USA. There is a drone, which is more like a huge pressure cooker with six propellers. Reference Technologies sells this Hummingbird II for the delivery of air and patrol. He takes off at 4265 m and has a top speed of 95 km / h.






In March, a major cyclone named Pam rolled across the small island nation of Vanuatu, killing 11 people and displacing nearly 200 thousand., Destroying more than 96 percent of the harvest of food crops of the country. To assess area damage rescuers used a five-pound folding drone called Indago VTOL Quad Rotor (VTOL means the vertical takeoff and landing).



This drone is not the most creative design, but it takes much less time to adjust than many other commercial quadrocopters. It is quieter and rugged, but its cost starts at $ 48,900 - is more expensive than similar consumer drones. < Indago is not fully tested on the military standard environmental impact, but the package of sensors perceptions attached to the bottom panel, meets military requirements.






Eturnas D , the drone of the DII , working half of the solar panels , has a wingspan of about two meters and weighs 4 to 5 kg. Drones working on solar cells, no longer a novelty. < Eturnas can fly for six hours at a speed of 43 km / h or 1, 2 hours at a speed of 72 km / h.






Diesel TANAN , which sells the company Airbus Defense and Space , shown here in the amount of 1/4 of its actual size, is 5 meters long and 1, 8 meters in height. He needs one operator. Dron looks as if came out of the cartoon show, however, can carry a maximum load of 80 kg and almost reach the speed of 150 km / h, but not both.






Lotus from Joby Aviation was developed in conjunction with NASA. His wingtip turn into screws to ensure vertical lift as the helicopter. Once he was in the air, ending bent and tail rotor reduces drag during flight.



"Drone of the future weighing 124 kg in class hybrid electric UAV this configuration has the potential to become the first VTOL aircraft that can operate 24 hours", - reads a message on the website. See the document on technical issues and animation vertical lift:





Flying disc-shaped Radeus from Radeus Labs has two sets of counter-rotating blades. During vertical lift they rotate at a speed of 95 km / h, raising the UAV from the ground plane. But when the drone is moving forward through the air, it turns into the upper part of gyroplane. Its creator Ray Hayden says that he has reached a vertical rise on a similar model, but not on this. He came to Atlanta in search of partners and investors.






ECA / Infotron IT 180 has a strange propeller blades rotating in opposite directions, giving him the appearance of top or mutant dragonflies. The electric version can fly for hours without recharging and rises to 4480 m.






This UAV looks like a cross between a droid IT-O from the "Star Wars" and the mirror ball out of hell. Dron All-Terrain Land and Air Sphere , or simply ATLAS , from the company Unmanned Cowboys is a helicopter with a spherical "exoskeleton."




The frame protects the machine when it breaks down and allows the operator to adjust it so that it continued its flight. It is ideal for those situations when you may wish to throw a drone in the room for intelligence gathering, but do not want to take him, slamming the door loudly.

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Source: geektimes.ru/company/robohunter/blog/251864/