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Studying Butterfly Flight to Help Build Bug-size Flying Robots
February 2, 2012
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By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, researchers hope to help build small airborne robots that can mimic those maneuvers.Full StorySource
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