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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have unveiled a bird-shaped robot that can hop, walk and leap into flight just like a raven. The new machine, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With legs and wings, the RAVEN can take off with no runway ... Researchers have unveiled a bird-shaped robot that can hop, walk and leap into flight just like a raven. The new machine, aptly ...