Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated an amazing capability for small robots to self-assemble and take to the air as a multi-rotor helicopter. Maximilian Kriegleder and Raymond Oung worked with ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iHZKMDvdNI&w=470] Though it is in the beginning stages of development, the Distributed Flight Array is already looking very ...

The DFA bots are small, but there is more than meets the eye packed into their 3-D printed chassis. The system is designed around a central propeller which provides thrust for the structure.

The Flexible Distributed Array Radar, or FlexDAR, combines digital beam forming, network coordination and precise time synchronization to perform multiple missions at the same time, with a single ...