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>> reporter: this was a photo flight, doors off. some passengers on tethers to allow movement. as the passenger next to the pilot leans to take a shot of his feet out the door, the chopper loses power. ditching in the east river, the pilot moves to shut off the fuel line near the floor, but it's already shut off. the pilot telling ntsb investigators he saw the passenger's tether strap under the switch, which was pulled up into the off position. he turned the fuel back on and restarted the engine, but there wasn't enough time to get power. >> the way that they designed that emergency fuel shuto...

It moves when the pilot moves. one day, this could rival formula one racing. jonathan tippett is the inventor. he joins us. how did you come up with this idea and try to make it happen? >> well, it was probably -- i would have to give my inspiration to the burning man festival. ten years ago, i started going there and saw massive sculptures and thought, i'm a mechanical engineer, i can make these sculptures walk and i want it to be ridden by a human. >> why is it called an anti-robot? >> well, the anti-robot moniker speaks to the fact that it is totally dependent on human skill to operate. it ...