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 ...

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

"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 ...

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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 ...

Mimicking these birds – a phenomenon known as bio-inspired technology – is the holy grail for the makers of flying robots. “A real hummingbird can fly circles around robotic hummingbirds ...

(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 ...

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 ...