Watch drones build a bridge you can actually walk over

We've seen flying drones race, fly in formations or even fire guns, but this project takes the little flying machines' usability to the next level by having several drones build an actual rope bridge

Called "Aerial Construction," the project is a joint effort by Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control and Gramazio Kohler Research, with the goal to "investigate and develop methods and techniques for robotic aerial construction."

The result, which you can see in the video posted on YouTube last week (above), is quite stunning: Flying quadrocopters use strong Dyneema rope to build a fully functional, 7.4-meter bridge, strong enough to withstand a person's weight Read more...