But development didn't go completely smoothly. The researchers realised that the noise of the bat robot's propellers interfered with the ultrasound, requiring 3D printed shells to minimise the ...

WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.

WPI's PeAR Bat uses ultrasonic echolocation like bats to navigate smoke and darkness for autonomous rescue missions ...

Robotics experts are testing tiny drones that can be deployed in search and rescue missions even in dark, smoky or stormy ...

A Halloween event last year ended up providing inspiration for a WPI project to create a drone that operates similar to a bat ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.