Whiskers for drones.

September 27, 2026 0 Comments

Whiskers for drones. “Our entire tactile perception pipeline runs onboard using just 34 kilobytes of memory, allowing a tiny drone to sense and respond to its environment in real time.” Delft researchers built a <100g drone that navigates in darkness, dust, or smoke by gently touching surfaces with bio-inspired whiskers instead of relying on cameras or LiDAR. ~ learn more