Robot Bird Can Walk, Hop and Jump for Take-Off

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 ...
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Watch this bird-like robot make a graceful landing on its perch

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This bird-like robot can now fly on its own

Chinese scientists have developed RoboFalcon 2.0, a bird-inspired robot with reconfigurable wings that can achieve self-takeoff and controlled low-speed flight.
Government Technology

Drones, Robotic ‘Bird Diverters’ Protect N.J. Power Infrastructure

(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 ...
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Researchers make incredible breakthrough after building robotic flying bugs: 'Real lightweight and small'

MIT researchers have developed more advanced bug-like robots that could one day pollinate indoor plants. The weight of a ...
CNN

The robotic falcon designed to help prevent bird strikes

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