Georgia Tech is aiming at environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, and infrastructure maintenance with an aerial robot that trades speed for energy-efficiency. Called SlothBot, it is intended linger for months, hanging at height from a network of wires, measuring chemical concentrations or other parameters that can only be recorded by a long-term presence. Being wire-suspended allows ...

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