Robot coyotes built on motorized cars reaching 20 mph are being deployed at military airfields as an innovative solution to ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

A bird-inspired robot called RAVEN can walk, hop and jump into flight, an ability that could help people develop fixed-wing drones that can take off and land anywhere By Alex Wilkins 4 December 2024 ...

A team of roboticists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, working with a colleague from the University of California, has designed, built and demonstrated a bird-like robot that can ...

In fact, bird wings and human arms share some basic structural similarities: a wing has a humerus, radius, and ulna bones, for example.

Now, a new robot developed by Stanford engineers has a useful set of bird-like features such as claws, toe pads, curving feet, and bending legs that allow it to land smoothly anywhere.

Engineers focused on making the BionicSwifts lightweight, just like real birds, so each robot weighs in at a meager 42 grams (about 1.5 ounces), which is just about the weight of a golf ball.

The airborne robot can be controlled by using the Flying App, which works just like a remote control. In 2016 a user will be able to control the bird by using a smartwatch and moving your hands.