SmartBird Flaps and Flies Like the Real Thing

This beautiful, swooping bird is actually a robot. It’s called the SmartBird, and it is made by Festo.

The wonders of this robot bird are manifold, not least the bird’s outward design, which looks like a King of the Rocketmen-era spacecraft.
The bird weighs just 450g, or around one pound, and has an ingenious drive mechanism. Inside, [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/smartbird-flaps-and-flies-like-the-real-thing/

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