https://phys.org/news/2018-06-collaborative-aerial-robotic-workers.html

The EU-funded AEROWORKS project set out to be that paradigm shift. "AEROWORKS developed an innovative aerial robotic team capable of autonomously conducting infrastructure inspection and maintenance tasks while also providing their human operators with an intuitive, user-friendly interface," says Project Coordinator George Nikolakopoulos.

The resulting AEROWORKS robotic team represents a new class of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones. Dubbed 'Collaborative Aerial Robotic Workers', these specialty UAVs are equipped with dexterous manipulators, novel physical interaction and co-manipulation control strategies, perception systems and planning intelligence.