Flying Fish at the Xi’an Science and Technology Museum

The museum had a spectacular atrium — and a problem every large space shares: visitors crossed it without looking up.

We designed three flying fish, each one a sculpture in its own right, and taught them to swim through the air. They glide silently between the balconies and weave through a monumental statue installation, several times a day, every day of the year.

How it works

Sixteen high-speed cameras track each fish with millimeter precision, and our SkySpirit control system flies the choreography. There are no propellers to see or hear — the fish move like fish.

The result

The atrium is now the reason people come. It is the world’s largest indoor flying show, and the fish hold the Guinness World Record as the largest propellerless flying robots.