RAVEN seeks to fix that problem. This bird-shaped drone can launch from a raised surface, just as birds do to leap into flight. When in flight, RAVEN is powered by a single propeller on its front ...

A research project to keep tabs on Sharp-tailed Grouse shows the potential benefits of a promising but elusive technology.

Remote-controlled drones have become an invaluable tool ... The next advance, dronebuilders say, will be to emulate the way birds change the shape of their wings by overlapping their feathers ...

These drones mimic the behaviors of real birds and offer natural flight patterns ... reported to be advancing the project by integrating shape memory alloys into the claws of a taxidermy pigeon ...

This new drone takes its inspiration from birds, which, as you may have noticed, have both legs and wings. Engineers have considered adding legs to help fixed-wing drones get airborne, but such ...

Birds achieve flight control through complex ... have brought this biological approach to robotics with the LisEagle, a drone featuring morphing wings and tail that demonstrate remarkable stability.

that resemble small birds. In an animated video, the Air Force showed an autonomous pigeon-shaped drone that perches on a wire as it surveys a target while simultaneously gathering energy from the ...

While his taxidermied bird drones may have gone global, it's the prospects of going interplanetary that drive Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian’s research. The New Mexico Tech Associate professor has been ...

Palisades Tahoe ski resort flew a drone into the blue skies over its mountains Tuesday morning as skiers look forward to the ...

Was that a bird? A plane? Residents of New Jersey and other neighboring states landed on drone. Reports of "drone sightings" over the last month have attracted the attention of many, from local ...