Re:Lidar Is a Crutch
by sangnoir on Thursday January 31, 2019 @02:04PM
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(tongue firmly in cheek) Material science breakthrough could result in aircraft that flap wings that could compete with condors too, but what would be the point? Naturally evolved mechanism are not the gold standard; they developed under completely different constraints.
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Flapping bird robot
Ornithopters have a long history[1] - but I meant "aircraft" at the scale of passenger jets.