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It looks cool, but would probably be better served with a propeller. Fall recovery is great until you realize you can push it away by going Boo!. Out of the a
by b0rsuk 9y ago
It looks cool, but would probably be better served with a propeller.
Fall recovery is great until you realize you can push it away by going Boo!.
Out of the applications, dancing looks most convincing to me. It could serve as a toy / decoration on dance floors and shop displays.
- averagewall 9y agoIt's probably much more efficient with those kicking feet than a propeller. It's got both the buoyancy of a blimp and the low power use of a ground vehicle. It's typical of researchers to play with concepts first and hope someone else will come up with applications later. Maybe that will never come or this isn't the right time for it. Perhaps if we have more lightweight screens and cameras, it could become a telepresence robot.