France's military is exploring biomimetic, flapping-wing drones (project BIOFLY) to enhance stealth and camouflage for military applications. The BIOFLY project focuses on improving flight ...

A bird banking in a crosswind doesn't rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment ...

Flapping-wing robots that mimic the flight mechanics of birds and insects are closing the control gap with conventional ...

(Nanowerk News) A drone prototype that mimics the aerobatic manoeuvres of one of the world’s fastest birds, the swift, is being developed by an international team of engineers in the latest example of ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Rutgers University is working on the next generation of drones, including ones that can go in the water and even flap like a bird. It's not a small submarine, it's ...

A drone prototype that mimics the aerobatic manoeuvres of one of the world's fastest birds, the swift, is being developed by an international team of engineers in the latest example of biologically ...

A new study into the flight characteristics of condors — the largest soaring birds on Earth — finds that they rarely flap their wings once airborne. Condors are capable of flying for over a hundred ...