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Singapore Researchers Construct Maple Seed Drone with Record 26-Minute Flight

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August 12, 2025
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A flying robotic impressed by the anatomy of a maple seed, samaras, was developed by researchers of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). This new monocopter, apart from flying for much longer than different drones of its measurement, proves its superiority by working on a single rotor for 26 minutes. This feat is a marked achievement, proving the targets of SUTD’s affiliate professor Foong Shaohui, who constructed a 50 minute flying drone for Singapore’s 50 12 months anniversary. Now, the main focus shifts to effectivity in smaller designs.

Nature-Inspired Design Brings Breakthrough in Small Drone Efficiency

According to Techxplore, Nature proves to be the final word information for the SUTD staff, as they’d beforehand designed quadcopters with no exterior assist. In the case of maple seeds that spin and gently fall to the bottom creating carry, the staff constructed a singular powered wing monocopter. This enchancment, whereas easy, additionally enormously enhances management, effectivity, effectiveness, and reduces weight.

The collective mixture of human creativity with AI enabled instruments to additional improve the designs gas origami’s makes the monocopter a hit. AI enabled instruments allowed the staff to simulate numerous shapes, angles, and weight earlier than creating the ultimate prototype. As a end result, the staff had a drone that’s 32 grams whereas retaining the flexibility to endure greater than different drones.

From 10-Year Challenge to Record-Breaking Maple Seed Monocopter

This small monocopter may very well be extraordinarily helpful for low-cost, long-duration missions. An instance mission may very well be to move devices for measuring meteorological situations. Taking dwelling the Sustainability Winner award on the 2024 Dyson Awards felt like a decisive victory for monocopter, underscoring its potential for environmental monitoring missions. Now refinement efforts will goal a bigger payload, longer endurance, and prolonged vary, all with out including weight.

The achievement reveals the ten years of regular progress, which began from the SG50 quadcopter and advanced into the SG60 monocopter. It is deliberate for rollout in the course of the sixtieth birthday of Singapore festivities. It has been guided by superior engineering, insights from nature and on-board AI from the staff has demonstrated the sensible versatility and spectacular efficiency of compact flying robots.

 

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