Scientists in Switzerland have built a revolutionary robot raven that leaps into flight like a bird. They hope that one day the design could eliminate the need for runways for small fixed-wing ...

Traditional drones have long been constrained by their reliance on runways or large open spaces for takeoff, limiting their ...

it actually flies via a combination of two semi-fixed wings and a propeller. RAVEN's real selling point, though, is its multi-jointed legs. Although they're not as anatomically complex as those of ...

With legs and wings, the RAVEN can take ... Researchers have unveiled a bird-shaped robot that can hop, walk and leap into flight just like a raven. The new machine, aptly called "Robotic Avian ...

The drone weighs just 0.62 kg and features custom avian-inspired legs that mimic the proportions and mechanics of bird limbs.

Their Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments (RAVEN) trades traditional ... capabilities of fixed-wing drones, the researchers took inspiration from birds like crows and ravens ...

'A.I.'m Like A Bird!' Scientists Build Robotic Raven. Scientists in Switzerland have built a revolutionary robot raven that leaps into flight like a bird. They hope that one day the design could ...