Startup Rotor Flight Tests Autonomous Robinson Helicopter

Graham Warwick November 09, 2023

An R22 modified to uncrewed operation is a precursor to Rotor’s planned R550X autonomous helicopter.

Credit: Rotor Technologies
U.S. startup Rotor Technologies has completed a flight test campaign with a pair of Robinson R22 light helicopters converted to autonomous flight control. The two R220Ys logged more than 20 hr. of flight time as part of Rotor’s development of the R550X, an uncrewed utility helicopter based on the...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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