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a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird

  • Written by Javaan Chahl, DST Group Joint Chair of Sensor Systems, University of South Australia
a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a birdReverse-engineering birdflight helped researchers create a powerful new kind of drone.Shutterstock

We have developed four-winged bird-like robots, called ornithopters, that can take off and fly with the agility of swifts, hummingbirds and insects. We did this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics and biomechanics of these creatures.

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