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This Flying Fish Robot Can Fly Out of Water, Glide Through Air

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Plenty of robots are inspired by nature to take on challenging tasks. This flying fish robot uses water from its environment to create a gas and launch from the water’s surface. It can travel 26 meters through the air after take-off. The idea is to use this robot to collect water samples in dangerous or cluttered environments.

‘Flying fish’ robot can propel itself out of water and glide through the air

Researchers at Imperial College London built a system that needs just 0.2 grams of calcium carbide powder in a combustion chamber. A small pump is used to bring in water from the environment. As they explain:

The water and the calcium-carbide powder then combine in a reaction chamber, producing a burnable acetylene gas. As the gas ignites and expands, it pushes the water out as a jet, which propels the robot clear of the water and into a glide of up to 26 meters.

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