The Pentagon has conceived to create a drone in the form of a bat

The US Department of Defense announced a tender for the creation of a promising drone, which would use the principles of bat flight in its design. The drone will be used for reconnaissance and data transmission to correct the actions of artillery, special forces and aviation.

The fact is, according to Defense News magazine, that modern unmanned aerial vehicles are made similar to helicopters or airplanes. Rotating screws create noise, which sometimes can be heard without the help of special devices, which makes it impossible to covertly observe. UAVs, able to fly silently, will provide secrecy intelligence. In addition, vehicles that move with the help of flapping wings will be more maneuverable, it will be more difficult to hit them with anti-aircraft weapons. The winner of the competition will receive a grant from the Pentagon to develop a new UAV

It should be noted that in February last year, American scientists from several technological universities created the Bat Bot or "Bot - Bat" drone. Their robot can fly, flap its wings, hover and fall headfirst like a real bat. Weight drone is 85 grams. The "skeleton" of the apparatus is made of carbon fiber, and the "skin" is made of a silicon-based membrane. Each wing has nine joints, four of which are passive, and five function autonomously. Thanks to this, Bat Bot can fly without the help of a propeller, which increases its maneuverability in enclosed spaces. The cost of the three-year project is about $1,5 million, writes RG-Sila.

Comments

[win]

Two bats hang upside down. One asks the other:
“What was the worst day of your life?”
- When I started diarrhea.

[Giant thought]

In any case, the engine will be more powerful to carry the payload, so there will still be problems with stealth.

[cniza]

Many, but so far only models, are working on such an apparatus.

[siberalt]

So let them create a half-meter grasshopper robot to jump for a kilometer. The energy costs of biological creatures are an order of magnitude less than mechanical ones, and work is an order of magnitude greater. Even if this mouse flies, it will not last long.

[voyaka uh]

They are also thinking about this. In grasshoppers, fleas in the joints of the legs, a complex electrochemical reaction occurs when jumping. Like .. "biological explosion." Therefore, they jump - as the rocket starts. Of course, they try to imitate such reactions. Mount the exoskeleton into the knee - and ran in huge leaps, shooting on the fly ...

[Polite Moose]

Quote: siberalt

The energy costs of biological creatures are an order of magnitude less than mechanical ones, and work is an order of magnitude greater.

Absolutely right. At the current stage of technology development, a biological object with installed / implanted controls will be more suitable for practical use. For example, hang a video camera between the legs of a crow and glue the bridle with an electromagnetic drive to the beak to set the height and direction of flight by turning the head. Naturally, this requires a force limiter, or else ... And there is no need to implement an algorithm for returning to the launch point. To fly home will fly.

[Landscaping]

Someone this diarrhea does not fly further than 30 meters

[volodya]

Yes, let them do it, even in the form of a flying crocodile!

[san4es]

Quote: volodya

Yes, let them do it, even in the form of a flying crocodile!

... or a rhino

[KVU-NSVD]

Progress rushing. Next in line are drones - insects

[win]

USA - bat-man (batman), spider-man, ant-man, iron man.
Russia (USSR) - a story about real person.

[Gray brother]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

Next in line are drones - insects

Nenene it already was, now the size popёr upward.

[Gray brother]

A mahogany with such a mass will be carried away by the wind. The wings have a large sail, and the power ratio is low.

[Bossota]

Batman - A New Reincarnation

[Polite Moose]

The weight of the drone is 85 grams. The “skeleton” of the device is made of carbon fiber, and the “skin” is made of a silicon-based membrane. Each wing has nine joints, four of which are passive, and five function autonomously

But from a moral and ethical point of view, I wonder what is the similarity of a drone with its biological counterpart? No, if you use it in the Arctic, it doesn’t matter. In addition to vigilant reindeer herders there, the bat will not interest anyone. And if you apply it in an area where bats are found in abundance, then with maximum similarity, males, not fully awakening after hibernation, can in fact, at best, mistake for a competitor and clean the lenses, and in the worst - for object for mating and ... Sorry for the development. And the little animals are sorry.

[A. Privalov]

This "news" is exactly one year old, and the mouse itself is already four years old.

[Geisenberg]

Quote: A. Privalov

This "news" is exactly one year old, and the mouse itself is already four years old.

It’s necessary to publish something))

[Geisenberg]

Well hello comrade Batman)))

[armourer]

A type of dragonfly UAV will be more interesting

[dog breeder]

Quote: Polite Moose

Quote: siberalt

The energy costs of biological creatures are an order of magnitude less than mechanical ones, and work is an order of magnitude greater.

Absolutely right. At the current stage of technology development, a biological object with installed / implanted controls will be more suitable for practical use. For example, hang a video camera between the legs of a crow and glue the bridle with an electromagnetic drive to the beak to set the height and direction of flight by turning the head. Naturally, this requires a force limiter, or else ... And there is no need to implement an algorithm for returning to the launch point. To fly home will fly.

A bird can fly with its head turned, regardless of where the head is turned. Of course, except ducks and geese. In rocket science there is a steering wheel scheme, a duck.