MIT Built a Robot Puffin That Flies, Swims, and Launches Out of the Water in Under a Second
Scientists at MIT built a robot the size of a seabird that can fly through the air, swim through the ocean, and launch itself out of the water using nothing but its wings in less than a second. It weighs half a pound, has a wingspan of nearly three feet, and just made every...
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