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 ...

(TNS) — If you’ve been looking up into the South Jersey skies over the past week, you may have seen them. Little robots, attached to flying drones, that have been busy hovering around power lines. It ...

Even though "Robo Raven" sounds like something that could give Godzilla a run for his money in a cheesy ’70s movie, the creature is very real and represents a new step in the evolution of avian robots ...

The Metafly from Bionicbird has an uncanny resemblance to a flying bird or insect. Its mechanics allow it to maneuver at a fast rate, giving you an experience like no other. It also has elastic wings ...

CLEVELAND, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PLP and FulcrumAir have partnered to launch the world's most advanced automated robotic system for installing helically-shaped bird diverters on overhead power ...

Following robotic versions of cats and golden retriever puppies designed to provide companionship to seniors without all of the cleanup and demands of pet ownership, Ageless Innovation’s Joy For All ...

China has quietly pushed global warfare into a new and unsettling chapter with the development of ornithopters—mechanical ...

As we’re starting to get used to the idea of unmanned drones dropping deliveries on a regular basis, scientists are already working on changing them. How about watching a drone flap its wings on its ...

This bird-like robot has a claw that it could use to perch on branches it has flown to. It could potentially be useful for collecting samples in hard-to-reach places or silently observing animals in ...

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Taking design inspiration from an ostrich, the BirdBot needs fewer motors than comparable legged robots. A few facts about ostriches: It took just a few million years for terrestrial birds to refine ...