Samarai, a small spying drone for military and police

Samarai is a maple-seed shaped drone designed by the Lockheed Martin’s Intelligent Robotics Laboratories for military spying. The drone has two moving parts and one advanced camera to capture images secretly. It is only a foot-long and army men can carry it in their backpacks.

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Samarai can be sent for capturing images of nearby areas so as to ensure security of the army people. It can be sent from military planes to get ground-level images. Its designer has been working to develop and unmanned craft drone for five years. The maple seed that looks like a one-winged helicopter has inspired Lockheed Martin and several other people to develop helicopters. Students at the University of Maryland developed a helicopter inspired by the maple seeds some years back.

Samarai can be controlled by a remote control or application on smartphone or tables. The engineers Dave Sharp and Craig Stoneking piloted the drone which flied 30 feet above a soccer ground. Samarai will be put on display at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference in Washington, D.C next week, its designer said.

Besides military purposes, Samarai will be of great help for law enforcement agencies. It can collect images from inside the buildings. Images from other hidden places can be collected using the small drone.

Via: NavyTimes