Non Motorized Butterfly Robot

2005-03-31 19:01:48
This robotic, lifesized, butterfly uses Flexinol (aka "Memory Muscle") to expand and contract wings based on environmental circumstance. Very lifelike, fools most people on first glance. It moves its wings with a very realistic movement, and yet has no motors or electronics whatsoever! It uses a "metallic muscle" known as Flexinol® that contracts and relaxes under certain conditions (resulting in very realistic wing movement). So just how real does it look in action?