Sao Paulo – DARPA, the department Search technology the US Army, working on a method to facilitate landings helicopter in unfavorable terrain.
Call Robotic Landing Gear, the technology is the replacement of conventional landing gear for articulated robotic legs that fold to the floor and then hide in the fuselage.
At the end of the flight, these electronic components use sensors to detect places where it is possible to land. According to DARPA, novelty can become 80% of the safest hard landings, besides allowing landings on slopes of up to 20 degrees.
department also informs the Robotic Landing Gear can be adapted to most Part of current helicopters without a major impact on the weight of aircraft.
DARPA working on this technology in partnership with the Technical University of Georgia and, if everything continues to go well, soon it will reach the market, allowing more security to drivers and passengers.
Check out the video release of Robotic Landing following Gear
Topics:. USA , Rich countries , Cars , Helicopters , Technology
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