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 ...

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 ...

Inspired by nature, a group of researchers from the University of Seville in Spain has developed autonomous bird-like robots that can flap their wings, fly, perch, and more. Their ultimate goal is to ...

A University of Delaware professor is devising small robotic devices mimicking the flight of birds and insects. Once fully developed, the devices will carry miniature cameras and fly in flocklike ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s one thing to get a robot to fly like a bird, but it’s ...

Boston Dynamics has released a new video demonstrating one of its newest robots—a birdlike creation that gracefully moves boxes around a warehouse floor like only an avian-Segway-hybrid contraption ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Why spend all that time building and fine tuning robots that mimic ...

While much insight has been gleaned from how grasshoppers hop, their gliding prowess has mostly been overlooked. Now ...

A robot bird with an inbuilt drone mimics the movement of real creatures and could transform surveillance, according to the developers. Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, a ...