Engineers from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a robot is developed that is both over the terrain roll to see if it can fly, so the range is significantly increased. The little robot has for this purpose four rotors in a roll cage built in.
The Robotics Laboratory of the Illinois Institute of Technology is responsible for the development of the compact robot. The name of the HyTAQ, such as the hybrid robot is called, is an acronym for Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor. The robot consists of a quadrokopter, either a ” helicopter with four rotors, that in a cage is built in. The attachment to the roll cage consists of a shaft with ball bearings, so the cage can freely roll while the robot remains straight hang. The cage is made of light, flexible plastic, and fiberglass.
The HyTAQ can on flat and rough terrain roll through the lifting force to keep under control and the rotors forward to get around. If large obstacles are avoided, can the rotororiëntatie be adapted to the robot to fly. By the robot on the ground rolling, the range is considerably enlarged; the distance of the HyYAQ would be four times larger than that of a pure flying system and the robot would be six times longer on a battery charge. For verkenningsdoeleinden, the robot has an onboard camera, that valued properties.