This tiny wasp-inspired drone can pull 40 times its own weight

The FlyCroTug can also open doors, inspect buildings

Read more - https://scim.ag/2O4tM3x

CREDITS

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editor/animator/narrator
Chris Burns

supervising producer
Sarah Crespi

script
Courtney Miceli

citation
M. A. Estrada et al., Science Robotics 2018
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aau6903

research photos/footage
©EPFL / Laboratory of Intelligent Systems
©Stanford / Biomimetics & Dexterous Manipulation Lab

stock footage
Pond5
Videoblocks

music
Chris Burns

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