Power Lines as Drone Refueling Stations: Autonomous Landing, Wire Grasping, and Wireless Charging Takeoff
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Loading videoA team from the University of Southern Denmark has built a system in which a drone autonomously lands on a high-voltage power line, grasps the cable, charges via inductive power transfer, and takes off again. No landing pad and no plug are needed — the power grid itself becomes the refueling infrastructure for long-endurance flight.
Category: research
Author: @cndyhaha
Date: 2026-09-02T00:00:00
Duration: 20.8s
