Wibbly wobbly quadcopters take a bashing and keep on flying

Of all of the weird and wonderful ways nature creates resilient bodies, perhaps the most under-appreciated is simply being so squidgy your problems just bounce off you. Well, a group of biomimicry researchers from Swiss university EPFL are taking note, and have created a soft, crash-proof drone modeled after the flexible bodies of insects.According to IEEE Spectrum, the scientists were inspired by a unique joint found in wasp wings. These joints allow the creatures’ wings to stay stiff dur