Robot morphs midair to switch from flying to rolling on terrain

Image credit: Ioannis Mandralis / Communications Engineering. Article by California Institute of Technology. TechXplore – May 28, 2025. Research article: Communications Engineering.

Specialized robots that can both fly and drive typically touch down on land before attempting to transform and drive away. But when the landing terrain is rough, these robots sometimes get stuck and are unable to continue operating. Now a team of Caltech engineers has developed a real-life Transformer that has the “brains” to morph in midair, […]

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Video: ATMO: an aerially transforming morphobot for dynamic ground-aerial transition – Ioannis Mandralis. Credit: California Institute of Technology.