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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions ...

A Halloween event last year ended up providing inspiration for a WPI project to create a drone that operates similar to a bat.

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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

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But development didn't go completely smoothly. The researchers realised that the noise of the bat robot's propellers interfered with the ultrasound, requiring 3D printed shells to minimise the ...