Self - drive cars might be all the fury these days , but what about the wretched computer - piloted drones ? Well , while no - one ’s been looking , they ’ve been perfecting the aerial version of the patented Italian Job lam .
A team of investigator at the German Aerospace Center were looking for a way to lighten up the warhead of a solar - powered UAV , in club to extend its range . The landing appurtenance is an obvious candidate to go — the rack and gear do n’t just weigh a lot , they also cause serious retarding force , all of which lowers the likely time a pilotless aircraft can spend aloft .
So , the team draw in off the steering wheel , but then demand an alternate way to land the drone . The solution is to drive a car with a cap - mounted mesh and giant QR code : the dawdler match the car ’s 50 mph swiftness , run along up with the trailing dots , and deposits itself into the roof .
The system does n’t take a talented cowcatcher either : the landing place was conducted autonomously by the drone , pull in it repeatable , and therefore a semi - hard-nosed alternative for radio-controlled aircraft landings — not to mention , a beneficial weapon system in Skynet ’s arsenal when it adjudicate to kill all remaining human transfer .
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