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 ...

RoboFalcon 2.0 mimics bird wing motions Robot achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight Wing system couples flapping, sweeping, folding ...

An advancement in robotic flight shows how advanced electronics and reconfigurable mechanisms are enabling machines to mimic the complex wing motions of birds, paving the way for smarter aerial ...

This streamlined design helps keep the robot’s weight to just 600 grams – similar to a crow. The scientists explain: “RAVEN (Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments), which uses its ...

It’s a robot inspired by a flightless bird, and soon the University of Michigan will begin experimenting with its capabilities. With two legs, backward facing knee-like joints and a short torso, ...

LEONARDO walks and flies to get around. Video shows the 2.5-foot prototype approach and fly over a set of steps, walk a slackline and even ride a skateboard. LEO’s ability to toggle between walking ...

Portland, Ore. — If you'd watched the fumbling attempts to re-create the first airplane during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of human flight last year, you might have thought little ...

At this point, Boston Dynamics has gotten quite adept at scoring headlines for the videos released by the secretive lab showing off its fascinating robots. They’re machines that have been able to do ...

Birds are nice enough, unless you work at places like airports, farms, and landfills, in which case they're the sworn enemy. Today, there are a variety of tools and technologies for spooking unwanted ...

A barely visible fog hangs in the air in a California laboratory, illuminated by a laser. And through it flies a parrot, outfitted with a pair of tiny, red-tinted goggles to protect its eyes. As the ...