Comments on: Four-winged robot flies like a jellyfish https://www.isegoria.net/2013/12/four-winged-robot-flies-like-a-jellyfish/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2013/12/four-winged-robot-flies-like-a-jellyfish/comment-page-1/#comment-1055792 Slovenian Guest Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:04:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33659#comment-1055792 Speaking of impressive, I present you the Robugtix T8, a gamepad-controlled, 3D-printed octobot that uses a total of 26 servos:

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]]> By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2013/12/four-winged-robot-flies-like-a-jellyfish/comment-page-1/#comment-1054960 Scipio Americanus Wed, 11 Dec 2013 01:22:48 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33659#comment-1054960 Indeed, there are whole classes of fossils for which we still haven’t the foggiest notion of which way is up.

]]> By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2013/12/four-winged-robot-flies-like-a-jellyfish/comment-page-1/#comment-1054861 Bruce Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:16:28 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33659#comment-1054861 Damn right, Scipio! I bet some paleozoic epiphyte with bloated, methane-friendly rhizomes ruled the skies! I’d almost believe in vines that built up a static charge and flew on the ion wind effect, like some spiders. It’s not like fossils from back then make any sense anyway.

]]> By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2013/12/four-winged-robot-flies-like-a-jellyfish/comment-page-1/#comment-1054802 Scipio Americanus Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:31:42 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33659#comment-1054802 It also seems that this sort of solution would scale down well due to the increase in the apparent viscosity of air. I wouldn’t be surprised if we one day find a fossil of some ancient order of organisms that used the approach for aerial navigation only to be out-competed by insects.

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