Researchers take soft robotics to new heights with pioneering tiny pump able to power and control a robot butterfly (VIDEO)

University of Bristol

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Video shows butterfly model with flapping wings powered by tiny LIMA pump embedded in the body, with the liquid-metal pulses triggering the wing motion.

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