ETH Zurich researchers have developed FlexiQuad, a soft drone whose frame deforms in a controlled manner when it collides with obstacles. They have filed a patent application for the structural design. Despite its soft frame, the drone can fly fast and manoeuvre nimbly.
Solar storms can knock satellites out of their orbits. A space mission led by ETH Zurich intends to better predict weather conditions in the solar system from 2030 onwards.
Did the Addams Family stop by ETH Zurich? A severed hand crawls over a piano, scurries along the corridors and gets up to mischief in a cupboard. But there’s nothing supernatural about it – it’s all robotics. The video shows what this unusual robotic hand can do, why researchers find it fascinating and what it’s doing at Halloween.
