Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Danish Students Build Hybrid Drone to Fly and Swim with Ease
Imagine a robot that can fly like a bird and swim like a fish!
Students built a special drone that can do both.
It uses special propellers that change their angle, like adjustable wings, to fly in the air and swim underwater.
This allows it to go from flying to swimming and back again with ease.
They used cool machines like 3D printers to build it and wrote special computer programs to make it work.
This could be used for exploring the ocean, helping in emergencies, and many other exciting things.
A hybrid drone capable of operating in both air and water has been developed.
The drone uses variable pitch propellers for efficient movement in both environments.
The drone transitions smoothly between flying and swimming.
Modern manufacturing techniques like 3D printing and CNC machining were used in its construction.
It has potential applications in marine research and search and rescue.
- Who
- A team of students.
- What
- A hybrid drone that can fly and swim.
- When
- Developed over two academic semesters.
- Where
- Aalborg University in Denmark.
- Why
- To combine aerial and aquatic capabilities into a single device.
- Type
- Hybrid Drone
- Developer
- Students at Aalborg University
- Propeller System
- Variable pitch
- Manufacturing
- 3D printing, CNC machining
- Applications
- Marine research, search and rescue