Drones and Flying Robots

Drones and Flying Robots — page 1 — INTRODUCTION DRONES TO THE Rescue n earthquake shook the country of Nepal on the morning of April 25 2015 The earthquake was very powerful It injured and killed thousands of people Millions more lost their homes and had no food or water The people of Nepal needed help Many roads and buildings had been ruined in the earthquake including hospitals It was hard to get to the people who most needed help So relief workers used drones with cameras on them instead Pictures from the drones helped relief workers find the people and places that needed the most help Other drones dropped food water and medicine to hard hit areas This helped many earthquake survivors hold on until doctors and other aid workers could get to them Drones saved lives Nepal in

Drones and Flying Robots — page 2 — Drones brought help and relief to many people in Nepal after a 2015 earthquake shook the country

Drones and Flying Robots — page 3 — CHAPTER 1 DRONES AND FLYING ROBOTS A BRIEF HISTORY A drone is an unmanned aircraft that is flown using a remote control or a computer program In other words a drone is a flying robot Drones are fairly new forms of technology but the idea of putting something useful in the air has been around a long time Drones can be used for both work and play They've been very popular birthday and holiday gifts in years recent

Drones and Flying Robots — page 4 — FACTOID Model airplanes are also remote controlled flying vehicles But model airplanes are not drones Drones send information back to people on the ground Model airplanes can't do that Drones can also be programmed to fly out of sight of their human operators but model airplanes can't Model airplanes like drones show the principles of flight in action Yet model airplanes aren't quite as high tech as drones are FROM A SAFE DISTANCE Humans have known for many years that it is easier and safer to do some things by air than on land And they've tried to figure out how to do that using the tools they've had In 1849 for instance Austrian soldiers put bombs on balloons They floated the balloons over the city of Venice Italy But the plan didn't work very well The wind blew the balloons course off

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