First bird-scale robot to swim, dive, and launch back into flight

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines bolted together. But researchers at MIT and EPFL built one that does both with a single set of wings. No propellers, no legs, and no origami-style folding mechanism to switch modes.

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Category: Robotics, Engineering

Tags: MIT, Robots, Engineering, Birds, EPFL, Biomimicry, Flight, Dive, Swim