Researchers have unveiled a bird-shaped robot that can hop ... wing drones are more durable and efficient than drones with propeller wings such as quadcopters, they also require large runways ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A drone that uses retractable feather wings, mimicking the natural flight of birds, has been designed by researchers in Switzerland. More from Tech A drone that ...

Remote-controlled drones have become an invaluable ... will be to emulate the way birds change the shape of their wings by overlapping their feathers, as when a peregrine falcon performs a dive ...

Once inspired by slow-moving prop planes ... that resemble small birds. In an animated video, the Air Force showed an autonomous pigeon-shaped drone that perches on a wire as it surveys a target ...

Real birds have more actuated joints than the robot, making them more dexterous but with its two legs, wings and V-shaped ... in the drone than other options that used just a propeller.