Inspired by this natural wing with strain receptors, researchers are exploring how the wing strain sensing could extract surrounding flow information using a biomimetic flapping robot.

New research demonstrates advanced flapping-wing aircraft with collision-sensing, energy-harvesting wings that enable sustained flight and environmental monitoring, overcoming key barriers towards ...

The study of bio-inspired flapping flight and the dynamics of micro air vehicles (MAVs) has grown into a vibrant interdisciplinary field, merging insights from insect biomechanics, aerodynamics ...

Researchers at Lund University have developed an innovative robotic wing that's directly inspired by real bird wings and that could help improve drones ...

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone.

Flapping Wing RobotsInspired by the remarkable flight capabilities of birds, bats, and insects, flapping-wing robotics represents one of the most promising frontiers in bio-inspired aerial systems ...

Bees' flight capabilities are quite sophisticated, but strangely, the MIT roboticists ended up building a robot that sported ...

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone.

Researchers at New Mexico Tech are taking taxidermy birds and adding technology to create a lifelike drone.