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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 engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight.
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Researchers are turning taxidermy birds into flapping-wing drones

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 ...
Daily Mail

US Air Force is designing microdrones that can flap their wings like a bird or insect for surveillance in warzones

The US Air Force is creating microdrones that can flap their wings like a bird or insect. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is working with Airion Health LLC and using a 2014 patent to create a ...
The Sun

Chinese military chiefs develop killer bird-drone powered by flapping wings

CHINESE military chiefs have developed a killer bird drone powered by flapping wings, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. The new weapon – known as an “ornithopter” – has been built to resemble a Eurasian ...