Tiny Robot Spycam Known as DelFly II

The DelFly II is basically a 16-gram ornithopter that can fly for at least 15 minutes at a maximum speed of 30mph while taking off and landing vertically and can even fly backwards.

The DelFly Micro used in the circuit only weighs 3 grams with a size of 10cm from wingtip to wingtip which makes it the smallest flying ornithopter that carries a camera in the world. The DelFly Micro is an ideal platform for studying both the aerodynamics and autonomy of small, flying ornithopters as well as in fields of mechanics, electronics, and camera technology. It is quiet, efficient, and robust enough to fly comfortably in wind and survive collisions with objects since it uses flapping wings.

For improving the autonomy of small flying robots, the camera of the DelFly is essential which allows experimentation with new ideas from fields such as computer vision and artificial intelligence. Achieving flight without the intervention of a pilot is the final goal of such experiments.

If the wind is higher than the max forward velocity, the device would float with the wind like insects do to go from one place to another spot.

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