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Safety rotor for remote pilot aircraft systems (RPAS)
Team
Physical Science
Industry
Industrial Engineering & Transportation
Sector
UAVs & Robotics
Researchers at The University of Queensland have patented a safety feature for RPAS that substantially reduces the risk of injury from the spinning blades.
Key features
- Retrofittable safety feature ‘safety rotor’ can halt spinning blades in a fraction of a second
- Triggered when an object interferes with the rotation of a hoop enclosing the blades
- The lightweight (<20g) hoop does not interfere with the normal operation of the system.
