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Falcon-inspired robot mimics natural bird takeoff with reconfigurable wing system

Chinese scientists unveil RoboFalcon2.0, a bird-inspired flapping robot that takes off like a falcon using new wing mechanics ...
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Drone robot designed to walk, hop, and fly like birds

Your drone has wings, they fly, but can it walk? Well, yours may not, but RAVEN can. The bird-inspired drone has mechanical legs that allow it to walk, jump over obstacles, and even leap quickly into ...
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Roboticists develop a bird-like robot that can jump into the air to launch itself into flight

A team of roboticists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, working with a colleague from the University of California ...

For birds, flocks promise safety, especially if you're faster than your neighbor

As I walked along Bolivar Flats, just across from Galveston Island in Texas, I watched flocks of sanderlings forage along the ...
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Tiny insect-like robot can flip, loop and hover for up to 15 minutes

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to make ...