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iCandy: Imitation of Life

Robots run, swim, act, and fight like us

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This man in China prepares for a test flight of a flying machine that he designed and built himself—with no engineering training. During the test flight last month, the 5.5-meter-diameter aircraft, which features eight rotors, each powered by motorcycle engines, hovered 1 meter above the ground for 10 seconds.

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