DARPA honors drone teams for light copters that carry heavy loads

DARPA honors drone teams for light copters that carry heavy loads

One of the many drone designs seen at DARPA's Lift Challenge

Presently, cargo-carrying helicopters and multirotor drones have at best a 1:1 payload-to-body-weight ratio. However, think how much more efficient they would be if that ratio could be boosted to 4:1 or beyond.

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Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: DARPA, Delivery drones, Competition