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FESTO creates a robotic flying bird

submitted by arvana

1 decade 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago

"This bionic technology-bearer, which is inspired by the herring gull, can start, fly and land autonomously -- with no additional drive mechanism. Its wings not only beat up and down, but also twist at specific angles."

16 Comments

That is too cool. Next step: Make a really big dragon one that people can ride.

Is this real life?

Samaelsmith says...

Wants one.

@Samaelsmith I know, right? If they can mass-produce these, I bet they would sell like hotcakes.

Festo is awesome, the things they make are incredible. If you're curious just check youtube.

http://videosift.com/video/Flying-Robot-Penguins

*promote

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Saturday, March 26th, 2011 7:27am PDT - promote requested by cybrbeast.

Ornithopters are here!!!

And they poop AA batteries

If you're curious how it works, I just found a video that shows exactly what's happening under the skin.

http://videosift.com/video/FESTO-SmartBird-Inner-workings

Does this have military applications? I can see the value of a drone that looks like a bird from a distance.

offsetSammy says...

Do you like our owl?

It's artificial?

Of course it is.

PULL!

I want one that looks like a penguin.

Mine?

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