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Life-size Robotic Hummingbird Hovers, Flies, Takes Videos


From AeroVironmentInc

The Nano Hummingbird pictured in the video is a robot, life-size, runs for 11 minutes on batteries and can be remote-controlled. AeroVironment built it for Darpa, building its wings with a skeleton of hollow carbon-fiber rods is wrapped in fiber mesh. The wings beat 20 times a second (a real hummingbird’s wings beat at 80 times a second). It is equipped with a camera that can record and transmit real-time video.

Here’s a sample of the video:


From AeroVironmentInc

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