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In Tokyo, engineer Moju Zhao has developed a transformative drone, named DRAGON, that can change its shape mid-flight to navigate tight spaces.

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William2 years ago

the matrix robots are coming

Jean Marc Lymker2 years ago

The Transformers becoming reality !

Arjun Sahu2 years ago

Great 🤩🤩🤩

James O'Reilly2 years ago

This is V1.0 of the T-1000! 😬.

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Impressive!

machdl2 years ago

Impressive.

ali2 years ago

Multi- usage functons. This is shaping the future.

HDP2 years ago

@RokoMijic Lemmy know if you don’t want me to tag you on robot doom porn

Calvin2 years ago

DRAGONNstands for whaaatt??? 😶

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