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

The Chinese military's top drone-makers have built a new robotic bird that they say could have far-reaching applications, state media said. Images aired on Saturday showed the ornithopter dubbed ...

Researchers have discovered that multi-element wings inspired by bird feathers can generate twice as much lift as a ...

I’m not saying you should go crowdfund a Bionic Bird X-Fly, as you’ll hear in my hands-on video below. I’m just saying that biomimetic ornithopters are surprisingly fun — and way less disruptive than ...

“As the crow flies” is a common idiom referring to the shortest distance between two points, but the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS), led by Dario Floreano, in EPFL’s School of Engineering has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video clips have emerged showing Chinese maritime special operations forces using multiple types of bird-like drones. (captures ...

Lumina Tech and ID Tech Solutions, led by young innovator Isha Das, have introduced two advanced biomimetic aerial systems—the AI-enhanced Bionic Bird and Bionic Flying Fox—marking a major leap in ...

Artificial Flight: Modern drones have become pretty advanced, but they are very energy-inefficient. European researchers decided to take inspiration from birds to develop a new type of drone that ...

The next time you see that adorable hummingbird at your feeder, remember one thing. It might take your life. Because in this ...

This is pretty cool! I appreciate how dramatic the audio is on the slow-motion video clip in the article. The Mars atmosphere is so thin (0.007 bar) that a conventional fixed wing aircraft would need ...