BionicFlyingFox, robotic bat, Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

Flying fox as inspiration: thanks to its intelligent kinematics, the BionicFlyFox can master the agile flying manoeuvres of its natural role model. In order to be able to move in a defined space semi-autonomously, it communicates constantly with a motion-tracking system.

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Flying robot bats are now a thing! Kim Horcher and Milynn Sarley break it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!

"The flying fox joins a zoo’s worth of robotic creatures, including octopus tentacles, herring gulls, a chill little kangaroo, way less-chill insect swarms, flying penguin blimps and giant mechanical butterflies. With a 7.5-foot wingspan, I wouldn’t want this thing descending on me from the skies, but it seems friendly enough."

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