A puffin-inspired flapping robot that swims underwater, then flies into the air
More than 100 species of birds dive. Gannets plunge into the sea at high speed. Blue-footed boobies fold their wings back and cut into the water from dozens of feet up. Puffins “fly underwater” using…
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MIT and partners develop 250-gram flapping-wing robot that swims underwater and flies through air
The bird-fish hybrid could one day be used to study aquatic animals underwater and then fly back to the base with data.
ZME Science·4d agoMIT and partners develop 250-gram flapping-wing robot that swims underwater and flies through air
The bird-fish hybrid could one day be used to study aquatic animals underwater and then fly back to the base with data.
zmescience.com·4d agoThis MIT robot flies through the air then dives underwater using the same wings
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