A bird banking in a crosswind doesn't rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment ...

France's military is exploring biomimetic, flapping-wing drones (project BIOFLY) to enhance stealth and camouflage for military applications. The BIOFLY project focuses on improving flight ...

Since the dawn of aviation, birds have been an inspiration for visionaries of flight. And now, engineers are once again looking to feathered friends to inspire the next generation of aircraft wings.

Robotics researchers regularly turn to the natural world for inspiration, and those working on machines that fly are no different. An international team of scientists has taken this approach to ...

CCTV Military Program. Four flapping-wing drones developed by a research team at the University of Science and Technolo ...

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There are no powered spinning propellers in nature. When evolution has found an advantage to producing thrust in a fluid, it has done it mainly by flapping things back and forth. This new VTOL ...