New Atlas

First bird-scale robot to swim, dive, and launch back into flight

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines ...
T&D

Aerial Robot Modernizes Bird Flight Diverter Installation

This season the LineFly will make its debut in the United States by autonomously installing Power Line Sentry Bird Flight Diverters (PLS BFDs) on a 115 kV Tristate G&T transmission line in the Pawnee ...
WOSU Public Media

What are bird strikes and should you be worried about them during your next flight?

Feathers and bird blood stains were found on both engines of the plane that tragically crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people and seriously injuring two survivors, according to the ...
Science Daily

Engineers study bird flight

People have been fascinated by bird flight for centuries, but exactly how birds can be so agile in the air remains mysterious. A new study uses modeling and aerodynamics to describe how gulls can ...