Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead to robots that can monitor and sample the coastal ocean.
Scientists tested their aerial-aquatic flying robot in Lake Geneva, proving that it had enough speed and power to lift itself out of the water with its wings alone.
Raphael Zufferey
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MIT researchers and other contributors have developed a robot designed to dive, swim and fly like a bird used to water and flight…
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An aerial-aquatic vehicle developed at EPFL and MIT could lead to a new class of devices for ocean exploration.
Diving seabirds like puffins use their wings to both fly and swim, even though air and water behave very differently. "Thinking…
This Robot Can Flap Its Wings and Swim: Being able to both fly and swim isn’t easy—but the FAAV does it
Researchers designed a robot that can swim underwater, then flap out of the water to continue flying through air, much like…
MIT researchers study avian mechanics to build robot that can dive, swim and fly
A flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird
This MIT robot flies through the air then dives underwater using the same wings
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