A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

JACKSON — Jordan Meagher-Ramsey tranquilly molded a bird head out of clay as Carson Huhn used deafening power tools to cut metal stakes. Emerson Hawkins, River Ryan and Connor McCarter, meanwhile, ...

Most drones on the market are rotary-wing quadcopters, which can conveniently land and take off almost anywhere. The problem is they are less energy-efficient than fixed-wing aircraft, which can fly ...

A flying robot can float on gusts of wind like a bird, using 150 times less power than it does during propelled flight. It can also adjust its position automatically when the wind changes to catch the ...