Researchers have developed a method that allows a flapping ... using a claw-like mechanism. The innovation could significantly expand the scope of robot-assisted tasks. A bird landing on a branch ...

A new model addresses that limitation by using a claw mechanism to temporarily perch in a bird-like fashion. Named P-Flap (Perching Flapping-Wing Robot), the prototype autonomous ornithopter has a ...

In the study, scientists combined taxidermy bird parts and artificial flapping drone mechanisms to recreate some of the general appearance and motions of birds more closely. They conducted two ...

The wings were attached to a flapping mechanism driven by a DC motor via a Scotch yoke mechanism and reduction gears, which generated a back-and-forth flapping motion, at a rate of 12 cycles per ...

Four years ago we told you about the MetaFly, a remote-control flapping-wing flying model insect made by French startup Bionic Bird (which ... an upgraded flapping mechanism which allows it ...

Hassanalian and his colleagues have combined taxidermy bird parts with artificial flapping drone mechanisms to mimic the general appearance and motions of living birds more closely. They have done ...

The wings were attached to a flapping mechanism driven by a DC motor via a Scotch yoke mechanism and reduction gears, which generated a back-and-forth flapping motion, at a rate of 12 cycles per ...

Northwestern Polytechnical University researchers created a unique drone that looks and flies like a bird. It is significantly smaller than most unmanned autonomous vehicles and has flapping wings ...

The team hypothesizes that flapping forces, particularly centrifugal force, contribute to the passive elevation of the hindwings. To validate the passive wing deployment and retraction mechanism ...