“Full-scale and paper airplanes have vast differences in their complexity, but both operate on the same fundamental principles,” said Ruble, via email. “Some of the same design methodologies ...

it all worked out, given how small the scale is. Yeah, this is completely made out of paper. The tires are completely solid core inside so they can actually support a fair amount of weight.

Obayashi et. al, Scientific Reports [Related: How to make the world’s best paper airplane] In this experiment, the bot arm made and launched over 500 paper airplanes with 50 different designs.

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There have been many other high-altitude paper plane launches, but the current record of 35,043 meters was accomplished by David Green in the United Kingdom as part of a school project.

“Full-scale and paper airplanes have vast differences in their complexity, but both operate on the same fundamental principles,” said Ruble, via email. “Some of the same design methodologies ...