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Researchers put bird legs on a drone so it can take off by jumping
Their Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments (RAVEN) trades traditional landing gear for a pair of bird-inspired articulated legs that ... where they can take off and land ...
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Bird-like drone hops into the air
CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Most drones utilize VTOL, vertical take-off and landing, but RAVEN's bird legs allow it to launch with a jump, which requires significantly less energy. Fixed-wing flight ...
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Watch This Drone Walk, Hop And Take Flight, Thanks To Its Two Legs
Birds can transition seamlessly ... to purchase fully autonomous, VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) fixed-wing drones, but adding legs marches the vehicles into a new frontier.
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What are bird strikes and should you be worried about them during your next flight?
According to South Korean officials, the control tower at Muan International Airport issued a bird warning to the plane as it approached the runway for landing on Dec. 29. Thanks to stringent ...
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Bird strike, landing gear malfunction? Determining cause of crash likely to take time
"The (pilot) received the bird strike warning while attempting the landing for the first time ... at Muan International Airport after taking off from Bangkok, but overshot the runway due to ...