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Bird-like robot with novel wing system achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight

In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly ...
LAist

'Bat Bot' Flying Robot Mimics 'Ridiculously Stupid' Complexity Of Bat Flight

One of the problems with bats, if you're a robotics expert, is that they have so many joints. That's what robotics researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Caltech quickly ...
Popular Science

Bat-like echolocation could help these robots find lost people

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Echolocation is an immense benefit for bats—and certain ...
Winston-Salem Journal

N.C. State is developing a robotic bat

Robot bats? What sounds like a person's sci-fi nightmare could soon help those lost in the wilderness or trapped in a collapsed building. N.C. State University researchers have constructed small ...
Popular Science

Bats’ weird wings inspired this drone

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bats are amongst the animal kingdom’s most unorthodox fliers ...
Discover Magazine

Robotic Wing Reveals Secrets of Bat Flight

Bats have microbiomes that look very different from those of other mammals. Researchers think it could be related to flying.Credit: USFWS Just like dissection can reveal important information about ...