Robo Pigeons
Science News. A team of researchers from Stanford University's Lentink Lab's has designed and built a robotic pigeon called the PigeonBot. It can bend, extend and change the shape of it's wings just like a real bird! Roboticist Dario Floreano told ScienceNews "Machines that can move their wings like real birds can make tighter turns in smaller spaces and can better navigate through rougher winds."
The researchers from Lentink Lab's also found that the angle of the bird's wrist and finger determines the alignment of its flight feathers and the shape of it's wings. By pulling their wrist and finger together or spreading them apart that pigeons can manage tight turns and fly through turbulence. The researchers then copied this engineering to build this robotic pigeon. Watch the video below for a quick review and see the PigeonBot fly.
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