Land to Water Transition (VIDEO)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Moving on the surface of water allows a microrobot to evade submerged obstacles and reduces drag. Using four pairs of asymmetric flaps and custom designed swimming gaits, HAMR robo-paddles on the water surface to swim.

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

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