Pocket-Size Drone Can Fold Up Like Origami. News. By Tanya Lewis published 18 May 2015 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

An experimental new drone addresses that problem, by folding into different shapes while in flight. The one-of-a-kind quadcopter was developed via a collaboration between the University of Zurich ...

The drone has a standard X shape configuration, with four arms stretched out. But, when faced with a narrow passage, it can now change into an H shape. Or it can shrink itself into an O shape ...

Other folding drones to cross our desk recently include the Anura drone concept, a smartphone-shaped vehicle with arms that snap inside its body, and the three-armed GoPro-toting Pocket Drone.

DJI’s current folding drones, including the Mini 4 Pro and Mini 3, feature collapsing propellers and arms that fold towards the sides of each drone’s body.

You’ll also notice that the Pocket Drone is actually a tricopter, not a quadcopter, since it only has three propeller blades. One less motor means the craft can squeeze about 20 minutes of ...

If you've always wanted a drone but can't be bothered hauling a hulking quadcopter around, there could be a tiny, folding solution to your problem on the way. Researchers at EPFL and NCCR Robotics ...

This folding drone caught my eye for its elegance. It may also provide a practical solution to a vexing problem at the intersection of ecommerce, transportation, ...

Parrot may have scaled back its drone division and shifted some of its focus toward workers, but that doesn't mean it's downplaying the consumer side of things. If anything, it's ramping things up.

Folding Rescue Drone Can Transform Its Shape While In The Air By Brittany Roston Dec. 12, 2018 5:50 pm EST Researchers with the University of Zurich have created a flying drone designed ...

In early December, he also leaked details like the drone’s compact folding approach and that it should get about 30 minutes of flight thanks to a battery that’s bigger than the one in DJI’s ...