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Leaping out of the water: Aerial-aquatic locomotion with flapping wings

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Wing-propelled diving birds flap their wings to move through air and water. Yet the design trade-offs, physical adaptations, and kinematics required to operate across these largely different conditions remain a mystery. ⁠ ⁠ To close this knowledge gap, researchers compared data gathered from diving birds with experiments using their robot, where they analyzed what drove successful aerial-aquatic movement. ⁠ ⁠ These findings provide further insight into how both birds and robots navigate multiple fluids and transition between them. CREDITS: (VIDEO FOOTAGE) R. ZUFFEREY; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) A. TRULL/SCIENCE Learn more: https://scim.ag/4yT2BAE #Technology #Robots #Science #ScienceShorts #ScienceRobotics