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pianopatrickyesterday at 10:58 PM1 replyview on HN

Thinking about that - seems to me that a lot of situations where sprinting is called for might be better served by a flying robot.


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skeledrewtoday at 12:29 AM

We already have flying drones. And giving ground robots the ability to fly requires the resolution of a set of constraints that'd likely make them far less suitable for their primary task. For example, they'd need to be far lighter, which means less durability and they'd be more bulky with flying equipment, so they wouldn't fit in places that before they had no issue fitting. There's a reason humans didn't evolve wings.