Researchers create 'rocket' drone to help monitor wildfires

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A team from Stanford’s School of Engineering and Sweden’s Linköping University has created a cylindrical drone called FireFly to help firefighters find and monitor wildfires. When launched in a wooded area, FireFly ascends to just above the canopy, performs a full 360-degree panoramic scan, then returns to land. Kristy Kilburn reports.

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