We’ve been trying to create robots that mimic natural bird-flight for years, but they’ve only ever achieved a crude imitation. This is largely because, unlike the robots, real birds can move their ...

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, ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland have built a new micro air vehicle dubbed Robo Raven that's such a convincing flyer, it's been attacked by a local hawk during testing. Though numerous ...

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 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 ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service, Nov. 6, 2015) -- In the future, it's possible that some unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, might sport wings that flap like a bird or a butterfly. The ...

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.

Robot engineers have built a mechanical bird that is so realistic it got attacked by an actual hawk. The eight-year endeavour led by Satyandra Gupta of the University of Maryland has produced a 'Robo ...