Smellicopter is an obstacle-avoiding drone that uses a live moth antenna to seek out smells (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Smellicopter is an obstacle-avoiding drone that uses a live moth antenna to seek out smells

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A University of Washington-led team has developed Smellicopter: an autonomous drone that uses a live antenna from a moth (brown arc on top of the drone) to navigate toward smells. The researchers also added two plastic fins (shown here in blue) on the back of the drone to create drag to help it be oriented so that it is constantly facing upwind.

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Mark Stone/University of Washington

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