They are very important for landing, too, because birds decelerate first with their wings, not with their legs. With flapping wings, this is going to be a really bird-like robot,” Shin claims.

Engineers Design Drone That Takes Off With Bird-Like Legs Borrowing from birds could make for more efficient drone aircraft. By Ryan Whitwam December 9, 2024 ...

In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.

In indoor tests, RAVEN could jump almost half a metre into the air and at 2.4 metres per second – which is a similar speed to birds of the same size – at which point a propeller takes over.

Scientists have built a bird-inspired robot with legs that can walk on the ground, hop over obstacles and jump into flight, an advance that may lead to the development of drones for complex terrains.

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 engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

Scientists have built a bird-inspired robot with legs that can walk on the ground, hop over obstacles and jump into flight, an advance that may lead to the development of drones for complex ...