Japanese researchers create artificial butterfly

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Last year, we brought you the story of tech company AeroVironment’s life-size artificial hummingbird, that flies solely by flapping its wings. Now, a group of Japanese researchers has successfully built and flown a flapping-wing-powered swallowtail butterfly. Besides looking incredibly cool, the life-size “ornithopter” has also proven a principle that could have big implications in the field of aerodynamics... Continue Reading Japanese researchers create artificial butterfly

Tags: Aerodynamics, Aircraft, biomimetic, Butterfly, Flight, Insect, UAV, Wings

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