(Nanowerk News) Engineers have long sought to unlock the secrets behind insects' uncanny flight abilities and agility in hopes of creating a new class of tiny yet capable flying robots. These flapping ...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are developing a drone with flapping wings that can locate and hover around a ...

France's military is researching biomimetic drones that mimic bird flight for stealth purposes, a project called BIOFLY. The BIOFLY drone, weighing only 50 grams, utilizes flapping wings and is ...

Inspired by moths and hummingbirds, UC researchers design a drone that locks onto light and stays airborne with simple ...

Bio-inspired wind sensing using strain sensors on flexible wings could revolutionize robotic flight control strategy. Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a method to detect wind ...

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in ...

Although wing-flapping micro-drones do already exist, the things tend to be quite fragile – and thus not ideally suited to real-world use. An experimental new one, however, utilizes a softer mechanism ...

As we’re starting to get used to the idea of unmanned drones dropping deliveries on a regular basis, scientists are already working on changing them. How about watching a drone flap its wings on its ...

Phractyl, a South African company, unveiled the Macrobat, a bird-like electric aircraft concept featuring unconventional designs like mechanical legs and flapping wings, which has been met with ...

The study of bio-inspired flapping flight and the dynamics of micro air vehicles (MAVs) has grown into a vibrant interdisciplinary field, merging insights from insect biomechanics, aerodynamics and ...

Inspired by the remarkable flight capabilities of birds, bats, and insects, flapping-wing robotics represents one of the most promising frontiers in bio-inspired aerial systems, demonstrating enhanced ...

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