The Multimodal Autonomous Drone (S-MAD) is a fixed-wing drone that has a few bird-like tricks up its ... the plane can flatten itself against a wall and perch there, gathering data and scanning ...

So, the researchers gathered data about how Gary and two other birds land on different kinds of surfaces, including a variety of natural perches and artificial perches covered in foam, sandpaper, ...

It’s also a good idea to put the cage against a wall so ... and natural wood perches that mimic branches in the wild. Plus, ...

According to NewAtlas, the Createk Design Lab and Sherbrooke researchers looked to birds and their last-minute ... achieved thanks to the S-MAD’s “wall detection range sensor.” ...

He has great advice on getting started with how to set up perches, build a blind to hide behind to help capture natural bird behaviors, and what to look for when beginning to photograph.

Roderick et al. studied how these birds landed (Fig. 1) on seven natural or artificial perches of differing diameters and textures, including rough, soft and slippery surfaces. Branches of three ...

One of the oldest continuously operating farms in the United States has a new artwork designed, quite literally, for the birds ... Farm’s human and natural communities, Perch renders that ...

and the bird is just balanced there. It can perch there, stably, while twisting and turning its head to track what is going on around it or while holding the head steady as the body bobs up and ...