A robotic dragonfly with a wingspan of 63 cm
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A robotic dragonfly with a wingspan of 63 cm
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#2Festo is just fascinating. I feel like a child every time they produce a new video like this.
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#3I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
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#4While I am amazed at the engineering and seriously impressed at what they accomplished, I can't help but watch the video and think that that is one portly-looking dragonfly.
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#5Looks like the park of the Permian period will be robotic.
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#6I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
It's the future! I think that it would be great for agility, and perhaps to mimic insects so the army can use them covertly.
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#7That's a good PR. Instead of paying TV to say "FESTO makes best manufacturing automation devices" in a fancy way, they just dedicated some engineers and some budget to making cool things no-one ever did before.
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#8I honestly had no idea such things were possible. Aside from the sheer amazing delight, are there advantages to flapping-wing modes of flight?
There must be some, I guess, but certainly not the comfort of possible passengers according to the video.
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#9While I am amazed at the engineering and seriously impressed at what they accomplished, I can't help but watch the video and think that that is one portly-looking dragonfly.
Yep!
Though for a first generation it looks quite good. It is quite functional indeed, and a great achievement for the engineers.
But yes, the tail and head seem to pick up a lot vibration of swinging wings. Can't wait for the next iteration!