{"id":138,"date":"2014-04-09T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T20:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/?p=138"},"modified":"2014-04-09T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T20:46:11","slug":"prepare-for-drones-that-perch-on-power-lines-to-recharge-never-have-to-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for drones that \u2018perch\u2019 on power lines to recharge, never have to land"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Prepare for drones that \u2018perch\u2019 on power lines to recharge, never have to land<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/apr\/9\/prepare-drones-perch-power-lines-recharge-never-ha\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/apr\/9\/prepare-drones-perch-power-lines-recharge-never-ha\/\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ndn-video-player-1\" data-config-distributor-id=\"91568\" data-config-legacy-embed-url=\"http:\/\/embed.newsinc.com\/Single\/iframe.html?WID=14299&amp;VID=25796008&amp;freewheel=91568&amp;sitesection=washingtontimes_pp_nws_non_sty_pp&amp;height=360&amp;width=640\">\n<div id=\"ndn-widget-embed-2-player\">\n<div>\n<div>Prepare for drones that \u2018perch\u2019 on power lines to&#8230;<\/div>\n<p>Joseph Moore gave Business Insider a look at the technology he is perfecting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.newsinc.com\/washstim_75x27.png?t=1397057580\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/content-img.newsinc.com\/jpg\/136\/25796008\/11028042.jpg?t=1397057580\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/staff\/douglas-ernst\/\">Douglas Ernst<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Washington Times<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 9, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/image\/ap_529b853220a40202490f6a706700bb08jpg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Texas A&amp;amp;M Corpus Christi researchers prepare an unmanned aircraft system for testing at a ranch near Sarita, Texas,  Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. The drone weighs about 85 pounds and has a wing span of almost 13 feet. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\" src=\"http:\/\/media.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2014\/01\/15\/529b853220a40202490f6a706700bb08_s160x95.jpg?3a2dfc7796ee46fcf1e7a6484b70aaf3fa6efd95\" width=\"160\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/image\/ap_529b853220a40202490f6a706700bb08jpg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em;\">Imagine a world where drones never have to touch the ground after takeoff. That\u2019s what MIT PhD. candidate\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/joe-moore\/\">Joseph Moore<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0did, and now he\u2019s on the cusp of creating a drone that can \u201cperch\u201d on power lines just like birds to recharge its batteries.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"prepare-drones-perch-power-lines-recharge-never-ha\">\n<p>Mr. Moore gave Business Insider a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/drone-power-line-perching-system-2014-4\" target=\"_blank\">demonstration<\/a>\u00a0of the technology he\u2019s perfecting by using a glider as proof of concept.<\/p>\n<p>In short, if a drone is equipped with the a magnetometer it should be possible to make the aircraft capable of identifying magnetic fields given off by power lines, hone in on the signal they emit, and then maneuver in such a way that would allow the drone to perch until fully charged.<\/p>\n<p>Developing such a system for fixed wing aircraft is desirable because of their ability to carry heavier loads than those that use a quadrotor design, Business Insider reported.<\/p>\n<p>During the demo it was given by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/joe-moore\/\">Mr. Moore<\/a>, Business Insider reported that the glider, even without a fully-developed perching mechanism, was able to come \u201cwithin centimeters\u201d of a mock power line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare for drones that \u2018perch\u2019 on power lines to recharge, never have to land \u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/apr\/9\/prepare-drones-perch-power-lines-recharge-never-ha\/\u00a0 Prepare for drones that \u2018perch\u2019 on power lines to&#8230; Joseph Moore gave Business Insider a look at the technology he is perfecting. By\u00a0Douglas Ernst The Washington Times Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Imagine a world where drones never have to touch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}