FlexiQuad uses REFLEX to recover controlled flight after wall collisions ↗
A soft airframe survives contact; a separate recovery mode helps restore control.
Drones
Drone Flies It In, Robot Walks It Over: Chengdu Firm Debuts Fully Unmanned Air-Ground Delivery Relay ↗
On Nov. 11, Chengdu-based Yuefan Innovation held the first public flight of an air-ground delivery system: a drone carried a hot drink from a shop to a smart handoff station, and a ground robot delivered it to a customer in a city park. The company plans networks of one drone, three stations and 12 robots covering up to 20 km. Payload and cost figures weren't disclosed.