Multiple motors or servos are the norm for drones to achieve controllable flight, but a team from MARS LAB HKU was able to a 360° lidar scanning drone with full control on just a single motor and ...

Dubbed ATMO (aerially transforming morphobot), the groundbreaking robot can lift off like a drone and then reconfigure midair to roll away as a ground vehicle, all while using a single motor to ...

This Bonkers Single-Seat Drone Lets You Hit the Skies Like the Jetsons. Michael Verdon. December 3, ... The 190-pound aircraft has an aluminum frame with eight electric motors, ...

The single-seat electric drone, known as Jetson One, allows you to fly at up to 63 mph for about 20 minutes—and you don't even need a pilot's license.

That means the drone would need to produce an upward thrust of 6,000 grams, or 1,500 grams per motor on a quadcopter. Things get a little more complicated when it comes to picking out the best ...

Drone wars put Japan's Kawasaki Motors, ... Kawasaki is developing twin- and single-engine drones that can fly up to 2,700 kilometers at speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour with a maximum ...