A drone designed to imitate a peregrine falcon is protecting Australian fruit orchards from birds. The drone has been ...
Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its ...
Next time you look up at the sky at a flock of birds, pay close attention. They might not be what you think they are. Scientists at New Mexico Tech are using birds preserved by taxidermy and turning ...
SOCORRO, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers at New Mexico Tech (NMT) are giving deceased birds new life using technology to study wildlife. “I had this idea for about more than a decade [ago] to basically ...
In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight.
Researchers have discovered that multi-element wings inspired by bird feathers can generate twice as much lift as a ...