Bio-inspired flying robots video receives New York Film Academy award

© 2011 EPFL

© 2011 EPFL

LIS have just won a Botsker (Robot Oscar) at the New York Film Academy Robot Film Festival. The movie, filmed in 2008, won its award in the category Scientifically Hardcore: "to celebrate both the artistry of filmmaking and the presentation of scientific innovation.


"This film from an EPFL Robotics Lab in Switzerland interweaves clips from nature with an engaging and understandable presentation of their lab’s extensive innovations in flying machines inspired by exotic insects and everyday birds."