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 ...

RAVEN’s two birdlike legs potentially make it possible to deploy traditional fixed-wing aircraft in complex, tough-to-reach terrain that isn’t accessible to winged drones. Birds’ ability to ...

This innovative invention is an advanced model of a remote-controlled drone. Scientists believe it could fundamentally change ...

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

and his colleagues have built a flying propellered robot called RAVEN that can walk, hop and jump into the air to start flying, with legs that work like a bird’s. “Fixed-wing vehicles ...

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 ...

Researchers have unveiled a bird-shaped robot that can hop, walk and leap into flight just like a raven.

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 ...