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Jeremy Jeff Michael Forest |
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Biomorphic Explorer: Scalloptron P
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| A. What does your explorer do? | Jets, flies, walks, crawls. |
| B. How does your explorer work? | The Scalloptron P is the carrier ship that moves by flying with 4 circular wings when carrying Polylocotron. Scalloptron P moves by jet propulsion after it has unloaded its cargo and can rapidly accelerate. Poylocotron moves in many ways. It can crawl with insect-like legs and is stable. It can stand and walk biepdally. It can jet by using a tail and its two legs. Polylocotron has arms for collecting samples. |
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C. List ideas from Biology?
Biological Inspiration |
Scallop and a crayfish jet propulsion. This mode of locomotion allows for rapid acceleration. Flies with wings like a moth. The 4 circular wings generate lift all working together. Insect-like gait for crawling. Uses 6 legs for crawling with a slow wave gait and is very stable. Primate-like legs for walking. The Polylocotron has big feet for stability and walks slowly |
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