Taking aerial-aquatic robots beyond biological capabilities

An air-dropped robot autorotates to the water and sails off, assembling bioinspired parts into a feat nature has not achieved.

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Science Robotics
Published
2026-09-30
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https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.ael4177
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Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
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Taking aerial-aquatic robots beyond biological capabilities

Raphael Zufferey, André Tristany Farinha
Science Robotics
Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
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Taking aerial-aquatic robots beyond biological capabilities

Raphael Zufferey, André Tristany Farinha
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Abstract

An air-dropped robot autorotates to the water and sails off, assembling bioinspired parts into a feat nature has not achieved.

Science RoboticsVol. 11(118)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Life below water
Openalex Percentile: Top 8%
Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
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