A robot that flies like a bird
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http://www.ted.com Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.
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wow!!!!!!!!
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Science!
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69 seagulls thought it will be used as UAV spy
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the only way to not like this is if they fitted it with poo and you were the only one to be hit with it
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Oh my good. it's exactly look like Galileo flying contraption. if he still alive he would be so proud.
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this looks really awkward.. awesome nonetheless
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2:41 the look of pride, Priceless
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the look of pride on that guys face at 2.43
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thats cool
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ErnestDesigns 2 months ago 39
67 seagulls where not impressed.
AlucardNoir 1 month ago 23