Colorado’s Connection to the Summer Blockbuster Movie ‘Twisters’

I remember when the movie Twister came out when I was a kid. I loved that movie; the action made me want to become a stormchaser. Nearly three decades later, we finally got a sequel. Technology advances over the past decade have not only advanced movies but also how we look at and study weather.

Twisters recently debuted at movie theaters across the nation, while I have not seen the movie yet, I hear it is action-packed with wild weather. There also happens to be a Colorado connection in the movie.

Twisters Movie Features a Colorado Drone

CU Boulder's RAAVEN drone was created by the Integrated Remote and In-Situ Sensing program. The drone is unlike any other drone you might have seen before. RAAVEN has a six-and-a-half-foot wingspan and can race through the sky at speeds up to 90 miles per hour with flight times lasting up to three hours.

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Brian Agrow, professor and lead developer of CU Boulder's RAAVEN was contacted by film crews in April 2023. The film crew was seeking permission to recreate a remote-controlled version of RAAVEN for a movie.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, you can still see a glimpse of the RAAVEN drone in Twisters in the trailer below.

To learn more about the cutting-edge drone, RAAVEN, which was created at CU Boulder visit colorado.edu.