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Bird-like robot with novel wing system achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight

In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly ...
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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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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...

Robo Falcon 2.0: Robot falcon takes off like a bird of prey

The Robo Falcon 2 robot falcon has been given new wing kinematics. Lifelike takeoffs and slow flight are now possible.
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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 ...