Land-bound robots? Been there, done that. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are taking things up a notch with a bird-style bot capable of autonomous flight. By replicating ...

Gerdes prepares to turn Robo Raven loose during tests earlier this month. Army researchers are working on developing a small unmanned aerial system that flies like a bird—a well-trained bird, in fact.

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and from Texas A&M University have developed a new kind of bird-watching system that automatically identifies birds in flight and records their ...

Birds are nice enough, unless you work at places like airports, farms, and landfills, in which case they're the sworn enemy. Today, there are a variety of tools and technologies for spooking unwanted ...

Engineers have already managed to build robots that glide, run, and buzz. Now two professors from the University of Maryland Robotics Center have created a robot that is able to fly by flapping its ...

Even though "Robo Raven" sounds like something that could give Godzilla a run for his money in a cheesy ’70s movie, the creature is very real and represents a new step in the evolution of avian robots ...

Engineers did such a good job designing a robotic bird drone for the U.S. Army the drone, dubbed Robo Raven, was attacked by real birds during test flights. Developed at the Maryland Robotics Center, ...

Becoming the fastest of its kind is just a byproduct of the ATRIAS robot’s primary objective. Oregon State University’s biped is the focus of a loftier goal: to build an entire industry on its leg ...

Over the past few years we've seen University of Maryland grow into a full-fledged research institution ready and equipped to change the world. One great example of this is their most recent ...

Farmers rejoice! The Robo-Scarecrow is finally here for all your crop-protection needs! (Exciting, eh?) This DIY bird-scaring device was put together by the folks over at the German electronics ...