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Fly the first drone with pigeon wings and real feathers

2020-01-21T15:01:24.255Z


This bio-inspired robot will open the way to heaven for new drones to better study bird flight (ANSA)


Leonardo da Vinci, the first drone capable of flying like a pigeon, would certainly have been enthusiastic: inspired by the anatomy of the bird that lives in our cities, it has its own folding and articulated wings, with 40 real feathers that make it more agile and robust in the 'deal with the turbulence of the air compared to rigid drones. Developed by Stanford University researchers, it is featured in the Science and Science Robotics journals.


PigeonBot, the drone inspired by the anatomy of the pigeon (source: Lentink Lab / Stanford University)

To make the pigeon robot ('PigeonBot'), the researchers carefully studied the bird's skeleton and the function of its feathers. There are 40 that it uses to control the route: capable of adhering to each other like velcro, they are moved thanks to the joints of the 'wrist' and 'fingers'.



The mechanism, so effective in nature, was recreated in the laboratory to create an innovative propeller drone equipped with folding wings capable of changing the position and angle of the feathers. The robot body, made of expanded polystyrene, has been equipped with a GPS and a receiver to be remote controlled.

According to the researchers, this bio-inspired robot will open the way to heaven for new drones that can be used to better study bird flight.


Wind tunnel tests (source: Paolo Woods & amp; Gabriele Galimberti / NG Image Collection)

Source: ansa

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