Researchers build robotic bat wing

By on February 25, 2013
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“The strong, flapping flight of bats offers great possibilities for the design of small aircraft, among other applications. By building a robotic bat wing, Brown researchers have uncovered flight secrets of real bats: the function of ligaments, the elasticity of skin, the structural support of musculature, skeletal flexibility, upstroke, downstroke.”

via Brown researchers build robotic bat wing | Brown University News and Events

The robotic bat wing Credit: Breuer and Swartz labs/Brown University

The robotic bat wing Credit: Breuer and Swartz labs/Brown University

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Incredible stuff: these Brown University researcher are developing a bat mimicking wing that could disclose new possibility in flying technologies.

See the amazing video below:

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