A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...

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 ...

JACKSON — Jordan Meagher-Ramsey tranquilly molded a bird head out of clay as Carson Huhn used deafening power tools to cut metal stakes. Emerson Hawkins, River Ryan and Connor McCarter, meanwhile, ...

Inspired by birds, which use powerful leg thrusts to launch into the air, researchers led by Dr Won Dong Shin created ‘RAVEN’, a robot capable of achieving similar feats to its avian namesake. “Most ...

It's a sad fact that birds are often killed when they collide with unseen overhead power lines. A new system is designed to keep that from happening, by using a drone and a robot to make those lines ...

Have you ever wondered why an airplane has a vertical tailfin? The plane needs it to stabilize its flight. Since flying without a vertical tail is much more energy-efficient, the aviation industry has ...