Tiny Flyer Navigates Like Fly

2006

An ultralight autonomous aircraft that mimics the navigational abilities of a fly could one day become a real fly on the wall.

An ultralight autonomous aircraft that mimics the navigational abilities of a fly could one day become a real fly on the wall.

The 10-gram microflyer, being developed by a team of researchers lead by Dario Floreano at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, has a 36-centimeter (14-inch) wingspan.