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Project Wing: Google Reveals It Has Been Working on Drones for Two Years

Posted by Dan Murray on August 28, 2014 at 5:17pm

Google today revealed it has been working on a top-secret drone delivery program for the last two years. Nick Roy, an MIT roboticist on sabbatical for two years, has been leading the project based in Australia.

Google has developed a tail sitter aircraft, capable of VTOL transitioning to forward flight.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/28/6080369/googles-project-wing-is-a-secret-drone-based-delivery-system

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/inside-googles-secret-drone-delivery-program/379306/?single_page=true

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Cliff-E August 28, 2014 at 9:59pm

Logically safer (and foam :-) ), and better in the wind for forward flight. Hovering would be up for discussion... Wing/sail effect. But that's engineering, finding the right balance of compromises and using the right tool for the job (not a hammer) their intent is different from filming or urban delivery...
johnkowalsky August 28, 2014 at 9:42pm

What is so impressive ? Tailsitter vtols are bound to be more efficient than quads
Michael Johnston August 28, 2014 at 9:11pm

many kangaroos end up as dog food.
mP1 August 28, 2014 at 7:44pm

But its only good for deliverying chewing gum.
Timothy Clemans August 28, 2014 at 7:19pm

I'm impressed that they are taking a different strategy instead of the standard quad copter one.

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