A newfangled robot called ExoFly could be exploring the surface of Mars , take rovers through the surface of the Red Planet . Developed by scientists at the Technical University Delft , Wageningen University , and TNO in Netherlands , the ExoFly is designed to imitate the trajectory patterns of dragonflies . snake doctor from 300 million age ago , because these things are huge .
Wingspan : 350 mm Length : 400 mm Mass : 17 g flight speed : 1.8 ms-1 Flapping frequence : 6 Hz Flying Time : 12 Min dialect Wing Material : Mylar foil Structure : balsawood Motor : 2 gigabyte pager motor Camera : 1.2 g pinhole tv camera Energy storage : 3 g Li Polymer jail cell actuator : shape memory alloy wire Base post : 3GHz PC Sensors : pinhole camera
base on the DelFly , an land - base robot able of autonomous trajectory , with vibrate , take - off and landing place capability . Scientists say the ExoFly can be adapted to fly in the more dumb air of Titan too , so expect a black monolith to appear on the Moon anytime now . [ New Scientist ]
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