Ballistically Launched Aerial Multirotor Drone

Описание: The SQUID (Streamlined Quick Unfolding Investigation Drone) was recently unveiled by researchers from Caltech. This prototype for a ballistically launched drone — a football-shaped, foldable quad-rotor — unfolds after launch and begins to fly even when launched from a moving vehicle.

Video by D. Pastor, Aerospace Graduate Student / Caltech

Reference:
D. Pastor, J. Izraelevitz, P. Nadan, A. Bouman, J. Burdick, and B. Kennedy, "Design of a Ballistically-Launched Foldable Multirotor", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019