The drones feed on electricity from power lines to ensure they can keep flying.
Engineers from the University of Southern Denmark have developed an ingenious technology that enables a drone to fly practically forever, without ever having to return to the ground. Thanks to a docking mechanism, its sensors, and artificial intelligence system, the drone can recognize a power line every time it needs to recharge its batteries, approaching the high-voltage cable, and clinging to it from below, sucking electricity like some kind of electric vampire.