Microfliers, or miniature wireless robots deployed in numbers, are sometimes used today for large-scale surveillance and monitoring purposes, such as in environmental or biological studies. Because of the fliers’ ability to disperse in air, they can spread out to cover large areas after being dropped from a single location, including in places where access is otherwise difficult. Plus, they are smaller, lighter, and cheaper to deploy than multiple drones.
One of the challenges in creating more efficient microfliers has been in reducing power consumption. One way to do so, as researchers…
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