Laser-powered drones fly longer via wireless OTA charging

New Atlas | Aug 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
  • Drones have been a part of our lives for years now, and many industries are hard to imagine without them.
  • The challenge is that the laser may heat the receiver to temperatures as high as 80-90 °C (176-194 °F).
  • When they shone a green laser on the receiver, it generated enough electricity to spin the drone’s propeller, while the airflow from the propeller helped cool the thermoelectric layer.