ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Markus Fischer - Designer
Markus Fischer led the team at Festo that developed the first ultralight artificial bird capable of flying like a real bird.

Why you should listen

One of the oldest dreams of mankind is to fly like a bird. Many, from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary research teams, tried to crack the "code" for the flight of birds, unsuccessfully. Until in 2011 the engineers of the Bionic Learning Network established by Festo, a German technology company, developed a flight model of an artificial bird that's capable of taking off and rising in the air by means of its flapping wings alone. It's called SmartBird. Markus Fischer is Festo's head of corporate design, where he's responsible for a wide array of initiatives. He established the Bionic Learning Network in 2006.

SmartBird is inspired by the herring gull. The wings not only beat up and down but twist like those of a real bird -- and seeing it fly leaves no doubt: it's a perfect technical imitation of the natural model, just bigger. (Even birds think so.) Its wingspan is almost two meters, while its carbon-fiber structure weighs only 450 grams.

Fischer says: "We learned from the birds how to move the wings, but also the need to be very energy efficient."

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TEDGlobal 2011

Markus Fischer: A robot that flies like a bird

Robot yang terbang seperti burung

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Banyak robot dapat terbang namun tidak ada yang dapat terbang seperti burung sungguhan. Hingga Markus Fischer dan timnya di Festo membuat SmartBird, robot besar yang sangat ringan, menggunakan burung camar laut sebagai model, yang terbang dengan mengepakkan sayapnya. Demo yang mencengangkan dari TEDGlobal 2011.
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It is a dreammimpi of mankindmanusia
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to flyterbang like a birdburung.
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terbang seperti burung.
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BirdsBurung are very agileAgile.
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Burung sangat tangkas.
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They flyterbang, not with rotatingberputar componentskomponen,
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Mereka terbang, tidak dengan benda yang berputar,
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so they flyterbang only by flappingmengepakkan theirmereka wingssayap.
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mereka terbang hanya dengan mengepakkan sayap.
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So we lookedtampak at the birdsburung-burung,
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Sehingga kami melihat burung,
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and we triedmencoba to make a modelmodel
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dan mencoba membuat model
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that is powerfulkuat, ultralightultralight,
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yang kuat dan sangat ringan
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and it mustharus have excellentSangat baik aerodynamicaerodinamis qualitieskualitas
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dan harus memiliki kualitas aerodinamis yang sangat baik
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that would flyterbang by its ownsendiri
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yang dapat terbang dengan sendirinya
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and only by flappingmengepakkan its wingssayap.
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hanya dengan mengepakkan sayapnya.
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So what would be better [than] to use
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Jadi burung apa yang terbaik untuk digunakan?
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the HerringIkan haring GullGull, in its freedomkebebasan,
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Burung camar, yang bebas
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circlingberputar-putar and swoopingmenukik over the sealaut,
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berputar dan menukik di atas laut,
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and [to] use this as a roleperan modelmodel?
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dan menggunakannya sebagai model.
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So we bringmembawa a teamtim togetherbersama.
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Jadi kami mengumpulkan satu tim.
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There are generalistsgeneralis and alsojuga specialistsspesialis
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Ada ahli umum dan khusus
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in the fieldbidang of aerodynamicsaerodinamika
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dalam bidang aerodinamika
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in the fieldbidang of buildingbangunan glidersglider.
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dalam bidang pembuatan pesawat terbang layang.
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And the tasktugas was to buildmembangun
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Dengan tugas membuat
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an ultralightultralight indoor-flyingIndoor-terbang modelmodel
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model terbang sangat ringan di dalam ruangan
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that is ablesanggup to flyterbang over your headskepala.
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yang dapat terbang di atas kepala Anda.
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So be carefulcermat laterkemudian on.
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Jadi nanti berhati-hatilah.
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And this was one issueisu:
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Dan inilah masalahnya:
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to buildmembangun it that lightweightringan
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untuk membuatnya sangat ringan
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that no one would be hurtmenyakiti
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sehingga tidak akan ada yang terluka
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if it felljatuh down.
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jika robot ini jatuh.
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So why do we do all this?
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Jadi mengapa kami melakukan hal ini?
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We are a companyperusahaan in the fieldbidang of automationotomatisasi,
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Kami adalah perusahaan di bidang otomatisasi
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and we'dmengawinkan like to do very lightweightringan structuresstruktur
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dan kami ingin membuat struktur yang sangat ringan
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because that's energyenergi efficientefisien,
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karena hemat energi.
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and we'dmengawinkan like to learnbelajar more about
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Dan kami ingin mempelajari lebih banyak tentang
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pneumaticsPNEUMATICS and airudara flowmengalir phenomenafenomena.
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pneumatik dan fenomena aliran udara.
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So I now would like you
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Jadi sekarang saya ingin Anda
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to [put] your seatkursi beltssabuk on
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untuk mengencangkan sabuk pengaman
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and put your hatstopi [on].
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dan mengenakan helm.
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So maybe we'llbaik try it oncesekali --
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Mungkin kita akan mencoba
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to flyterbang a SmartBirdSmartBird.
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untuk menerbangkan SmartBird.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
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So we can now
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Kini kita dapat
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look at the SmartBirdSmartBird.
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melihat ke dalam SmartBird.
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So here is one withouttanpa a skinkulit.
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inilah model tanpa kulit luarnya.
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We have a wingspanLebar sayap of about two metersmeter.
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Lebar sayapnya sekitar 2 meter.
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The lengthpanjangnya is one metermeter and sixenam,
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Panjangnya 1,6 meter,
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and the weightberat,
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dan beratnya
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it is only 450 gramsgram.
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hanya 450 gram.
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And it is all out of carbonkarbon fiberserat.
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Semuanya terbuat dari serat karbon.
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In the middletengah we have a motormotor,
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Di tengahnya ada motor
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and we alsojuga have a geargigi in it,
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dan ada juga gigi roda.
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and we use the geargigi
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Dan kami menggunakan gigi roda ini
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to transfertransfer the circulationsirkulasi of the motormotor.
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untuk memindahkan sirkulasi dari motor.
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So withindalam the motormotor, we have threetiga HallHall sensorssensor,
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Jadi di dalam motor itu, ada tiga sensor Hall,
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so we know exactlypersis where
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sehingga kita tahu dengan pasti
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the wingsayap is.
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di mana letak sayapnya.
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And if we now beatmengalahkan up and down ...
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Dan jika sayapnya bergerak ke atas dan ke bawah ...
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we have the possibilitykemungkinan
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ada kemungkinan
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to flyterbang like a birdburung.
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untuk terbang seperti burung.
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So if you go down, you have the largebesar areadaerah of propulsionpropulsi,
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Jika sayapnya ke bawah, Anda mendapat daerah pendorong yang luas.
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and if you go up,
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Dan jika sayapnya ke atas,
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the wingssayap are not that largebesar,
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sayapnya tidak sebesar itu,
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and it is easierlebih mudah to get up.
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dan lebih mudah untuk naik.
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So, the nextberikutnya thing we did,
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Jadi hal selanjutnya yang kami lakukan
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or the challengestantangan we did,
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atau tantangan yang kami lakukan
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was to coordinateKoordinat this movementgerakan.
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adalah menyelaraskan gerakan ini.
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We have to turnbelok it, go up and go down.
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Kita harus dapat berbelok, naik, dan turun.
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We have a splitmembagi wingsayap.
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Ada sayap yang terpisah.
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With a splitmembagi wingsayap
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we get the liftmengangkat at the upperatas wingsayap,
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kita mendapat daya angkat pada sayap bagian atas,
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and we get the propulsionpropulsi at the lowermenurunkan wingsayap.
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dan dorongan pada sayap bagian bawah
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AlsoJuga, we see
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Kita juga melihat
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how we measuremengukur the aerodynamicaerodinamis efficiencyefisiensi.
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bagaimana kita mengatur efisiensi aerodinamis.
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We had knowledgepengetahuan about
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Kita harus mengetahui tentang
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the electromechanicalelektromekanis efficiencyefisiensi
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efisiensi elektromekaniknya
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and then we can calculatemenghitung
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kemudian kita dapat menghitung
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the aerodynamicaerodinamis efficiencyefisiensi.
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efisiensi aerodinamisnya.
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So thereforekarena itu,
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Sehingga,
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it risesnaik up from passivepasif torsiontorsi to activeaktif torsiontorsi,
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itu meningkatkan tegangan pasif menjadi tegangan aktif,
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from 30 percentpersen
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dari 30 persen
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up to 80 percentpersen.
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hingga 80 persen.
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NextBerikutnya thing we have to do,
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Hal selanjutnya yang harus kita lakukan
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we have to controlkontrol and regulatemengatur
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adalah mengendalikan dan mengatur
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the wholeseluruh structurestruktur.
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seluruh strukturnya.
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Only if you controlkontrol and regulatemengatur it,
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Hanya jika Anda dapat mengendalikan dan mengaturnya
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you will get that aerodynamicaerodinamis efficiencyefisiensi.
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Anda akan memiliki efisiensi aerodinamis.
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So the overallsecara keseluruhan consumptionkonsumsi of energyenergi
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Jadi total pemakaian energinya
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is about 25 wattswatt at takeofflepas landas
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adalah sekitar 25 watt untuk tinggal landas
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and 16 to 18 wattswatt in flightpenerbangan.
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dan 16 atau 18 watt di udara.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
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BrunoBruno GiussaniGiussani: MarkusMarkus, I think that we should flyterbang it oncesekali more.
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Bruno Giussani: Markus, saya rasa kita harus menerbangkannya sekali lagi.
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MarkusMarkus FischerFischer: Yeah, sure.
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Markus Fischer: Tentu saja.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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(GaspsTerengah-engah)
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(Engah)
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(CheersBersulang)
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(Sorakan)
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Translated by Antonius Yudi Sendjaja
Reviewed by Irma Amelia

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Markus Fischer - Designer
Markus Fischer led the team at Festo that developed the first ultralight artificial bird capable of flying like a real bird.

Why you should listen

One of the oldest dreams of mankind is to fly like a bird. Many, from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary research teams, tried to crack the "code" for the flight of birds, unsuccessfully. Until in 2011 the engineers of the Bionic Learning Network established by Festo, a German technology company, developed a flight model of an artificial bird that's capable of taking off and rising in the air by means of its flapping wings alone. It's called SmartBird. Markus Fischer is Festo's head of corporate design, where he's responsible for a wide array of initiatives. He established the Bionic Learning Network in 2006.

SmartBird is inspired by the herring gull. The wings not only beat up and down but twist like those of a real bird -- and seeing it fly leaves no doubt: it's a perfect technical imitation of the natural model, just bigger. (Even birds think so.) Its wingspan is almost two meters, while its carbon-fiber structure weighs only 450 grams.

Fischer says: "We learned from the birds how to move the wings, but also the need to be very energy efficient."

More profile about the speaker
Markus Fischer | Speaker | TED.com