First bird-scale robot to swim, dive, and launch back into flight

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines bolted together. But researchers at MIT and EPFL built one that does both with a single set of wings. No propellers, no legs, and no origami-style folding mechanism to switch modes. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Engineering Tags: MIT , Robots , Engineering , Birds , EPFL , Biomimicry , Flight , Dive , Swim