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 ...

Experience the remarkable capabilities of the Bionic Bird, an advanced ornithopter drone that redefines flight simulation. Watch as this lightweight, flapping wing drone demonstrates exceptional ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers have long sought to unlock the secrets behind insects' uncanny flight abilities and agility in hopes of creating a new class of tiny yet capable flying robots. These flapping ...

Back in 2011, Festo created a natural-flight mimicking bionic seagull with flapping wings dubbed SmartBird. The company is now looking to apply similar principles in order to convert wind power into ...

BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanvon, a Chinese leading manufacturer of intelligent pattern recognition technologies and products, will showcase its Smart Bionic Flapping Wings Mini RC Flying ...

At first glance, it looks like any other bird gliding through the air. However, it fact this groundbreaking gadget is actually a bionic bird controlled by an app. It can fly upto 100m away from its ...

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A Chinese university has developed a bionic flapping flight vehicle with a 123-minute continuous flight duration. The bionic flight vehicle, developed by the Northwestern Polytechnical University, ...

Four years ago we told you about the MetaFly, a remote-control flapping-wing flying model insect made by French startup Bionic Bird (which did previously release a model bionic bird). Well, the ...

Those windup toy birds have received a modern makeover, and it is called the Bionic Bird. This device looks like a bird and flies like a bird — flapping wings included — and is controlled using a ...

Flapping robot birds complete with plumes of fake feathers have been designed to show how lightweight materials are capable of powering semi-autonomous flight technology. The winged drones, based on ...