Flying Shark-Bot Takes Off

This has got to be the wackiest flying robot I’ve seen in a while. Ladies and gents, meet the SHARC: The twin rotor drone just had its first flight test, apparently. A three-foot-model of the "Scouting and Hunting Autonomous Rotor Craft" was able to hover around, despite the drone’s undersea appearance. Speaking of which, doesn’t […]

This has got to be the wackiest flying robot I've seen in a while. Ladies and gents, meet the SHARC:

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The twin rotor drone just had its first flight test, apparently. A three-foot-model of the "Scouting and Hunting Autonomous Rotor Craft" was able to hover around, despite the drone's undersea appearance.

Speaking of which, doesn't the thing look more like Shamu-the-Killer-Whale than like a shark? Not that the robot's makers at EADS had much of a choice in the name. The company already has a robo-copter called the ORKA-1200.

(High five: Av Week)