Tagged: biomimetics

Robotic Bat Biomimicry

October 12, 2011 at 8:17 pm

Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) are small flyers that have become a point of interest due to their potential use as maneuverable stealth devices.  A recent project of some researchers at two universities may have developed an amazing new spy device based on the biomimicry of bats.  One of the main researches by the name of Gheorghe […]

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Stanford’s Perching Drones Land Vertically

October 11, 2011 at 9:21 pm

Who would think that an airplane could land on the side of your house? The guys at Stanford would. Stanford University’s Biomimetics Laboratory has been working on a small scale fixed wing aircraft that can perch on the side of a building, or just about any vertical surface. The plane’s “landing gear” consists of flexible […]

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