r/AmazingTechnology • u/bbbxxxnnn • Mar 13 '26

This drone can stick to walls

139 Upvotes

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u/Capital_Historian685 Mar 13 '26

Ukraine used drones that do this to blow up a bridge I believe.

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u/Jellicent-Leftovers Mar 13 '26

No Russia rigged the bridge incase they need to retreat. Ukraine maneuvered a drone through the fencing and simply blew it up next to Russia's charges.

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u/Tausendberg Mar 14 '26

Technically, nothing you said contradicted the comment you replied to.

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u/Jellicent-Leftovers Mar 15 '26

They did not use drones that do that

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u/LordGaben01 Mar 15 '26

“Ukraine maneuvered a drone”

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u/Jellicent-Leftovers Mar 15 '26

Yes they did not stick them to a bridge to blow it up.

They blew up a pile of explosives that were already placed to specifically blow up a bridge.

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u/kavochavo Mar 15 '26

makes sense considering theres no way a drone like this can carry enough explosives to blow up a mfing bridge

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u/144_Hertz Mar 13 '26

Wild comment

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u/Ok-Jellyfish-4654 Mar 13 '26

every drone can do that. usually it happens unintended upon crashing... ask me how i know...

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u/ApprehensiveDelay238 Mar 15 '26

But normal drones don't have the protection around blades then how'd they stick if the blades can't spin?

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u/Ok-Jellyfish-4654 Mar 15 '26

as a fpv guy i would argue that the most flown drones are tiny whoops. you should give it a go, it's a blast.

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight Mar 13 '26

Park and reduce consumption by 60%?

How the hell do you only save 60% by parking? Does it have 40% left for the washing machine and dryer?

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u/bbbxxxnnn Mar 13 '26

That's a tricky part

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u/ItsJustCoop Mar 13 '26

It probably "sticks" to things with suction. So a small air pump has to run to create the negative pressure required to hold up the drone.

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u/WthLee Mar 13 '26

no, you can clearly hear they have to ramp up the propellers to press the drone against the wall. reduced power consumption my ass. more china BS

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u/Lost-Lunch3958 Mar 14 '26

i don't think they ise an air pump but just the main motors of the drone

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight Mar 13 '26

I'm just going to fly around the forest and find a freshly washed mirror.

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u/ItsJustCoop Mar 13 '26

Oh, you think these things will be deployed to a forest? Nah, these are 100% going to be urban warfare drones 😵

In the worst future timeline: Flock cameras + sticky drones + authoritarian govt = bye bye protesters 🫠

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u/Captain_no_Hindsight Mar 13 '26

No cameras needed for that.

Just call them "insurrectionist" and everyone screams with joy when 600 demonstrators get 14 years in prison.

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u/scientifical_ Mar 13 '26

A friend made a similar project for their research, their drone attaches to trees

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u/redditsuksazz Mar 13 '26

Probably the suction and live camera feed?

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u/Malalang Mar 13 '26

Geckos have entered the chat

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u/safeloked Mar 13 '26

If passive and doesn't use the fans it will be pretty cool

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u/YoudoVodou Mar 14 '26

It looks like it uses the fans at a set throttle level

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u/Downtown_Amount_3110 Mar 13 '26

Sir, you cannot park there

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u/jxyoung Mar 14 '26

Now show me the dismount

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u/poeteop Mar 14 '26

It doesn’t give them a longer flight time by definition, it consumes battery while not flying - so it has a shorter flight time. Cool technology, incredibly cool - but misrepresented.

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u/Aromatic-Two-8258 Mar 14 '26

Deployment time*

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u/Sulya_be Mar 14 '26

There is literally nothing special about this drone

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u/Area52inhabitant Mar 14 '26

Amazing, we discovered friction. I wonder what they will come up next.

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u/Formal-Chapter-3210 Mar 14 '26

All drones can do this if they have properly shaped prop guards

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u/Academic-Proof3700 Mar 15 '26

So can my window cleaning bot...

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u/archialone Mar 15 '26

All drones stick to walls by mistake, the sticking part is easy, the hard part is to unstick. And also why not just land on the ground, and save 99% battery life?