Inspect-inspired drone goes soft to avoid crash damage
https://newatlas.com/insect-drone-soft-crash/55629/
Drones are pretty adept at a number of things, including the ability to crash into stuff. Obstacle avoidance systems and protective frames are a couple of ways of protecting these fragile flying machines, but one team of researchers is pursuing a different path with a deformable drone that collapses to prevent damage in the event of a crash.