Does a robot's jump count as flight? X users pedantically debate the definition

basedjensen · x · 2026-10-19

@CSSkeptic quote-posts a robot demo with a pedantic physics question: did the vehicle lift off using force against the surrounding air, or against the ground? His verdict: it jumped off solid ground, didn't lift off via the fluid around it — therefore it "did not demonstrate flight."

basedjensen shared it with "Incredible lol....", clearly amused by the dead-serious gatekeeping of what counts as "flight" in robot demos.

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