A flying robot that resembles a peregrine falcon can be used to scare away flocks of birds in fields, performing better at this task than a standard drone. RobotFalcon resembles a peregrine falcon ...

"Observing birds closely, I found their jumping take ... as there have been jumping gliding robots, but not jumping flying robots." Where might flying robots be used? Shin said that he believes ...

Stanford University engineers have created a robot bird that can use its feet to perch ... The researchers studied small birds called parrotlets, videoing them flying to and from special perches which ...

(Program not available for streaming.) Drones. These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds–do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it ...

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have just unveiled the world’s smallest flying robot. With a wingspan ...

MIT’s new insect-sized hopping robot combines the best of both worlds. Interestingly, this hopping robot is smaller than a ...

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Berkeley engineers create the world's smallest wireless flying robot, with the bumblebee-inspired robot less than 1cm in diameter.

To avoid using the electronics necessary for robot flight control as well as a power source, such as a battery, for flight, which are typically difficult to incorporate into small, lightweight ...