Real-Life Transformer – Introducing the Morphobot

Called the "M4," or Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot, this high-tech robot can drive, fly, crawl, and stand upright! With NASA fielding candidates for next-generation Mars rovers, researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Northeastern University have been busy designing the M4. This transformer can move like any four-wheel-drive vehicle but then quickly extend its wheels, which also house propellers, to become a quadcopter that can reach speeds up to 40 mph. It can even balance...