A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

Researchers have developed a bird-like robot that can walk, jump, and hop to fly. The robot or fixed-wing drone can move quickly from the ground into the air with its “avian-inspired” legs, according ...

Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its ...

A few facts about ostriches: It took just a few million years for terrestrial birds to refine their bipedal locomotor technique. Having mastered the ability to walk and run on two rear limbs, these ...

Robots modeled after the characters in the popular mobile game Angry Birds were controlled over Wi-Fi at the Beijing International High Tech Expo this week. To see the robots in action, watch them on ...

Researchers have created a pigeon-inspired robot with bird-like reflexes, enabling it to stay stable in turbulent conditions. To regulate its movements, researchers developed PigeonBot II, a ...