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Vertical Takeoff and Landing Type Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
An unmanned aircraft that can fly at high speed like an airplane and hover in midair like a helicopter
We have developed a vertical takeoff and landing type unmanned aerial vehicle that can hover like a helicopter while flying at high speed by obtaining lift with its wings like an airplane. It is expected to be used, for example, to quickly fly to a stricken area in the event of a disaster and to photograph the area while hovering in the sky.
Research
There are expectations of the industrial application of unmanned aerial vehicles, as DHL and Amazon are performing tests on delivery by unmanned aircraft. These unmanned aircraft are helicopter-type vehicles called multicopters. Since they have fixed wings and fly like airplanes, they move efficiently and at a high speed, and can fly farther than ordinary multicopters with the same battery.
Atsushi Konno Professor
