One of the Dune books described a particular 'thopter lift-off as involving the wings being “cupped” just prior to lift-off via its jet engines. To me, that inferred the wings were configurable (not flappable) for the aerodynamics required. Sort of like wings sans flaps and slats, but with the ability to change shape.
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Wait until it starts to crap AA batteries on your head…
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I learned about Festo from William Gibson’s novel that featured their air penguin from the Bigend Trilogy — was it Spook Country?
It’s worth looking at videos of some of their other creations, wild stuff!
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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a robot seagull stealing your chips - forever
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really it’s …really a dolphin with longer fins and things
birds don’t really cavitate unless inspired
bye bye
Seagulls don’t use helium either. And they also can survive, repair, and reproduce, I remember working on navigating across a room using a webcam view, and thinking “a goddam ant does that, and everything else besides.”
It must be hard to work on robots and not get depressed from time to time. Nature is a tough act to follow.
Festo does amazing work.
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