After four years of rigorous effort, scientists from the Shenyang Automation Institute have developed robotic helicopters, which can hover in the air automatically without the use of a remote control. Unlike the UAV drones that have to be controlled from the base station for their maneuvering in the air, these robotic helicopters have cameras installed, along with preloaded coordinates and control programs so that they can hang in the air, heading precisely in the directions to carry out the assigned tasks.
Fueled by petroleum, the helicopters are developed in two variants, the larger one measuring at about 3 meters long, and weighing 120kg with cruising speeds of 100km/h, while the smaller version weighs only 40kg but can cruise efficiently at 70km/h. Perfect for surveillance and rescue operations, these $102,000 robotic helicopters will make good inclusions in the military.
Though the robots are ready for production, but the developers have no marketing plan for them as early as this. But who knows China may be secretly producing some, and very soon may have the robotic drones ready to take on the skies.
