A flying robot to help China in its Antarctic expedition


A robot that can fly "like a mini-helicopter" and another that can be slipped on the ice to help Chinese scientists during the expedition to the Antarctic to be held in October, reported on Sunday, Xinhua news agency.

l air robot can fly for an hour and reaches speeds from 50 to 100 kilometers per hour and is equipped with a camera and an infrared radiometer for observing sea ice.
The second robot can slip between the cracks of the ice and snow slopes, said information.

"The use of robots can reduce the risk and cost of scientific research," said Qin Weijia, Polar Research Institute of China, according to the agency. "No matter how bad it is time, they can still work with normality. " The expedition of 200 men set seismic stations in Antarctica to measure tremors and tectonic movements on the continent, said the information.

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