EPFL spin-off Flyability was awarded one million dollars for its Gimball drone, whose applications for rescue missions won over the jury of a competition in the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft developed by the start-up Flyability conquered the jury of "Drones for Good." Capable of entering tight spaces and flying safely near humans, it won the competition launched by the government of the United Arab Emirates. The competition recognizes social applications of new technologies with an award of one million dollars. Before a panel of international judges, forty finalists in three categories presented their projects that use new technologies for social purposes. Inspired by insects, the flying machine is not afraid of collisions. Instead, it bounces off of obstacles thanks to a small spherical cage that surrounds it. "The idea is that the body of the robot remains in equilibrium after a collision, so that it can maintain its trajectory," explains the start-up CTO Adrien Briod in previous article on the EPFL website.
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