The micro-drone appears to be roughly the size of a human fingernail and features tiny, leaf-like wings and thin, wiry legs.

Drones provide very useful services, especially for hard-to-reach areas, but flying expensive metal and objects into places where getting them back afterwards might be difficult isn’t always the ...

Imagine if there was a super heavy-duty drone that could carry your hefty packages to any destination, no matter how far or how rough the terrain is. That’s what the new DJI FlyCart 30 promises ...

The aircraft has an empty weight of 32 lb (14.5 kg), it's 65 inches long by 130 inches wide (1.7 by 3.3 m), and it has a maximum forward flight speed of 25 knots (29 mph or 46 km/h).

This Drone Could Carry The Weight Of Two People / Robots & Machines / Futurism Video / Griff 300 / Technology 1.29.17, 2:00 PM EST by Aryan Mahyar ...

Assuming a total drone plus human mass of 70 kg I can first calculate the required thrust speed in order to hover. With these values I get 43 m/s—that seems plausible.

Once a drone is connected to the target object, it uses the winch to lift, and can pick up 40 times the weight of its tiny body. The researchers imagined the drones as a potentially useful tool in ...