22 September 2015 Last updated at 14:14 BST
The project was the result of a joint study by two researchers - one specialising in robotics, the other architecture - at ETH Zurich University's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control and Gramazio Kohler Research.
They hope the technology could eventually be used to save lives.
Quadcopter drones have been programmed to build a rope bridge capable of supporting the weight of a human.