Diving Bird-Inspired Flapping Robot Seamlessly Crosses Water-Air Boundary

MacrinePhD · x · 2026-07-13

Engineers from EPFL and MIT jointly developed a 300-gram biomimetic flapping-wing robot. Mimicking diving birds, it can swim underwater and transition seamlessly into flight without needing a surface run-up.

This Flying Amphibious Aerial Vehicle (FAAV) has the potential to revolutionize high-risk marine exploration and enable low-cost marine biological sampling.

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