What Could Possibly Be Cooler Than RoboBee? RoboBee X-Wing
What Could Possibly Be Cooler Than RoboBee? RoboBee X-Wing
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
June 27, 20195m 43s
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Show Notes
They used to call it RoboBee—a flying machine half the size of a paperclip that could flap its pair of wings 120 times a second. It was always tethered to a power source, limiting its freedom. Now, though, RoboBee becomes RoboBee X-Wing, as Harvard researchers have added solar cells and an extra pair of wings, freeing the robot to blast off to a galaxy far, far away. Or at least partway across the room, as it can only sustain flight for half a second at the moment, and only indoors.
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