The U.S. Air Force has funded a research project that attempts to determine how to build small flying robots that can have high degrees of avian-like control.

Robotic birds are notoriously difficult to make, because the complex motion required brings mechanical weight penalties that are difficult to balance with the modest thrust of the flapping wings ...

One electric motor powers the flapping motion of the robot’s wings, while two others make adjustments to the bird’s artificial foam feathers to perform realistic in-flight maneuvers.

'A.I.'m Like A Bird!' Scientists Build Robotic Raven. Scientists in Switzerland have built a revolutionary robot raven that leaps into flight like a bird. They hope that one day the design could ...

Researchers are building a robot bird. That's great news until a robot cat comes along.

A shape-shifting, robotic bird that can sweep through the skies without a peep has all the right stuff for ground surveillance and even spying on its real-life inspiration—the common swift.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have designed a system that allows its VelociRoach robot to launch an ornithopter micro-aerial vehicle.

Stanford University engineers have created a robot bird that can use its feet to perch and carry things. “It’s not easy to mimic how birds fly and perch,” said Stanford engineer William Roderick.

With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird.

Small Robotic Devices Fly Like Birds Date: January 26, 2004 Source: University Of Delaware Summary: As the nation recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of human flight, an internationally ...

Now a designer from the Netherlands has come up with robotic birds of prey that look and fly exactly like the real thing.

With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird.