Swimming HAMR Footpad (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Swimming HAMR Footpad

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HAMR's multifunctional foot pads rely on surface tension and surface tension induced buoyancy when HAMR needs to swim but can also apply a voltage to break the water surface when HAMR needs to sink.

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(Credit: Yufeng Chen, Neel Doshi, and Benjamin Goldberg/Harvard University)

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