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The system allows users to design hybrid drones of different sizes and shapes that operate using a single controller. The team has developed a platform to simplify the customization and design process for hybrid drones. Which is where MIT’s CSAIL team comes into the picture. Usually, these control systems are designed manually and from scratch – a process that’s difficult, expensive and time-consuming. Particularly when engineers have to develop one control system for hovering, and another for gliding horizontally like a plane. However, the dynamics involved when developing a drone that can seize the advantages of both vertical and horizontal flight are complex. Most have evolved as a reaction to battery life constraints, which limit operations that require the drone to cover large distances or stay airborne for extended periods. From delivery to personal transport, a whole range of exploratory efforts to combine fixed-wing and VTOL aviation methods are underway already in the industry.