It’s happy hour at Steady Hand Beer Company on Atlanta’s Westside. Outside in the parking lot, the suds are flowing and the drones are flying.
As dozens of people squint into the sun, Jeremy Epps, a PhD student at Georgia Tech shows off one of the drones he and his classmates designed. It’s built to be resilient as it transports cargo and fights wildfires.
“This also allows you if one of the rotors is to be inoperable, it allows you to fly with five rotors instead of six,” Epps proclaimed over a public address speaker.
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