it is a dream of mankindto fly like a bird. birds are very agile. they fly, not with rotating components, so they fly only by flapping their wings. so we looked at the birds, and we tried to make a modelthat is powerful, ultralight, and it must have excellentaerodynamic qualities that would fly by its ownand only by flapping its wings. so what would be better than to usethe herring gull, in its freedom, circling and swooping over the sea, and to use this as a role model? so we bring a team together. there are generalists and also specialistsin the field of aerodynamics, in the field of building gliders. and the task was to buildan ultralight indoor-flying model that is able to fly over your heads. so be careful later on. (laughter) and this was one issue: to build it that lightweight that no one would be hurt if it fell down. so why do we do all this? we are a companyin the field of automation, and we'd like to dovery lightweight structures because that's energy efficient,...
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