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[VIDEO] Flying Robot That Can Crash and Keep Flying

EPFL researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems have created a bio-inspired flying robot that can withstand collisions with obstacles in its environment. A unique Active Recovery System allows the robot to pick itself back up after a collision and launch itself back into the air. Such a design could prove useful in exploring hard to reach areas, such as caves or irradiated nuclear power plants.


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Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots

Studying butterfly flight to help build bug-size flying robots | Science News | Scoop.it

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet.

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