Researchers at Festo have announced the creation of a new bionic project called the "BionicSwift." The robotic bird can fly using artificial feathers. The researchers used radio-based indoor GPS ...

Edmonton International Airport will soon become one of the first airports in the world to use robotic falcons to chase birds from flight paths and discourage nearby nesting.

SNAG is a 3D-printed robotic bird with landing capabilities inspired by a falcon It has a motorized claws that can take-off, land and grasp a variety of branches ...

Over the years, Festo, a German automation company with a penchant for robots, has designed countless Mother Nature-inspired automatons that swim, hop, and fly like their real-world counterparts ...

CALGARY, Alberta, March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, a new robot deployed by AltaLink and FulcrumAir used to install bird markers took flight at AltaLink’s Bardo Substation near Leduc. It ...

Some of the elements they’ve incorporated — the robotic birds, for example — are perhaps more whimsical than practical, the idea borrowed from airports in Canada that use them to ward other ...

Bob McDonald's blog: Birds and their ancestors the dinosaurs have been walking on two limbs for more than 100 million years, so its not surprising they do it well enough to inspire imitation.