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The team is refining RAVEN’s design, particularly its landing capabilities, to expand its usability further. “Avian wings are ...

RAVEN’s two birdlike legs potentially make it possible to deploy traditional fixed-wing aircraft in complex, tough-to-reach terrain that isn’t accessible to winged drones. Birds’ ability to ...

This innovative invention is an advanced model of a remote-controlled drone. Scientists believe it could fundamentally change ...

Researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and UC Irvine have developed a drone capable of landing and taking off in areas that would otherwise leave a ...

and his colleagues have built a flying propellered robot called RAVEN that can walk, hop and jump into the air to start flying, with legs that work like a bird’s. “Fixed-wing vehicles ...

paired with technologies like obstacle avoidance systems and foldable wings for navigating tight spaces. Researchers continue refining RAVEN to make it more bird-like and versatile. The details of ...

Most drones on the market are rotary-wing quadcopters, which can conveniently land and take off almost anywhere. The problem is they are less energy-efficient than fixed-wing aircraft, which can fly ...

it actually flies via a combination of two semi-fixed wings and a propeller. RAVEN's real selling point, though, is its multi-jointed legs. Although they're not as anatomically complex as those of ...

Young dancers in the wings As with previous productions, artistic director Kapila Palihawadana used dance to challenge Sri Lankan audiences’ views of nature. In Ravens, the focus is a well-known bird ...

RAVEN’s design is aimed at maximizing gait ... but little is known about the coordination of legs and wings in birds – not to mention drones. These results represent just a first step towards ...