SNC argued its unmanned VTOL aircraft has significant advantages over other UAVs or conventional fixed-wing aircraft for this kind of mission: they can perform point takeoff and landing with ...

Vietnam Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV ... combining the attributes of traditional fixed-wing drones with the ability to operate in confined spaces and without the ...

[Peter Ryseck]’s Mini QBIT quadrotor biplane brings in some of the efficiency of fixed-wing flight, without all the complexity usually associated with VTOL aircraft. The Mini QBIT is just a 3 ...

It’s already possible to purchase fully autonomous, VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) fixed-wing drones, but adding legs marches the vehicles into a new frontier. Designing lightweight robots ...