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Researchers build a solar-powered hovering drone that weighs only 9 mg

arstechnica.com

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Re: Researchers build a solar-powered hovering drone that weighs only 9 mg

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Post by m-watson »

abeppu wrote: post #4

I'm aware of several past solar-powered airplanes. Is this the first solar powered rotary-wing aircraft? (Looking for 'solar drone' mostly turns up drones used to clean solar panels)

I would guess the key here is the "researchers reported that they had developed a drone they're calling the CoulombFly, which is capable of self-powered hovering for as long as the Sun is shining."

It only seems to operate off the solar power, no additional power. So the light keeps shining, the drone keeps flying.

Re: Researchers build a solar-powered hovering drone that weighs only 9 mg

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Post by Jtsummers »

GenerocUsername wrote: post #8

Article says 4g title says 9mg

> However, the design can be miniaturized, and the researchers built a version that weighs only 9 milligrams.

Ars A/B tests their titles so I don't know if the submitter editorialized or if they saw a different title than the rest of us, but the text of the article does include building a 9 mg version.

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