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Inspired by Maple Seeds, a Robotic Whirligig Takes To The Skies

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Discover Magazine | November 05, 2009

Introducing the maple-seed-inspired Ulrich flyer, the world?s first controllable robotic monocopter. The monocopter?s inventors studied the way a maple seed whirls and twirls as it falls to the ground, and designed their flyer based on that biological blueprint. In this video, watch the little aircr...

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