Engineers at Embedded Systems Research Laboratory Oakland University's have built a waterproof drone that can fly through the air, float on water or move through water submerged. The conventional quadcopter has a cylinder that can be used to change the drone's buoyancy, filled either with air to fly or water to sink. Water is pumped out of the cyclinder for the water-to-air transition. The creators see the drones being used in search and rescue missions or as underwater engineering inspectors.
Engineers at Oakland University's Embedded Systems Research Laboratory have built a waterproof drone that can fly through the air, float on water or move through water submerged. The conventional quadcopter has a cylinder that can be used to change the drone's buoyancy, filled either with air to fly or water to sink. Water is pumped out of the cyclinder for the water-to-air transition. The creators see the drones being used in search and rescue missions or as underwater engineering inspectors.