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A Butterfly-style Flapping Robot: Takeoff

A butterfly can accelerate over 10 Gravities at the moment of takeoff and flaps wings 10 times for a second.
A butterfly swings its abdomen upward during downstroke and downward during upstroke for controlling the angle of attack.

Swallowtail butterfly




Black swallowtail butterfly



"Aosuji" Swallowtail Butterfly




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