Their Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments (RAVEN) trades traditional landing gear for a pair of bird-inspired articulated legs that allow the drone to walk around, hop over ...

Scientists have built a bird-inspired robot with legs that can walk on the ground, hop over obstacles and jump into flight, an advance that may lead to the development of drones for complex terrains.

Now, player three has entered the game! A bird robot with falcon-like legs that allows it to land on perches perfectly. William Roderick, a recently graduated Stanford University Ph.D. student ...

A team of Swiss researchers has devised a possible solution by slapping some legs on a drone known as the RAVEN. This new drone takes its inspiration from birds, which, as you may have noticed ...

Designed based on perching birds like ravens and crows that frequently switch between air and land, the multifunctional robotic legs allow it to take off autonomously in environments previously ...

To take flight, first strengthen your legs: It sounds like a self-help proverb, but it could explain how birds first took wing. Until now, most explanations of the evolution of flight have assumed ...

Birds use the powerful explosive force generated by their legs to leap into the air and start flying, but building a robot that can withstand the strong acceleration and forces involved in doing ...

EPFL’s RAVEN is a fixed-wing drone that can take off without a runway using bird-inspired legs. EPFL’s RAVEN is a fixed-wing drone that can take off without a runway using bird-inspired legs.