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Bat robot takes wing

Flexible silicone membrane helps make machine an agile flier

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BAT BOT  A silicone membrane stretched over a carbon fiber skeleton helps this bat robot perform aerial acrobatics.

A. Ramezani, S.-J. Chung and S. Hutchinson/Science Robotics 2017 

By Meghan Rosen

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