Engineers are taking inspiration from birds to design a new kind of flying robot that could be more flexible, safer, and better suited to complex environments than today’s drones. Instead of relying ...

A bird banking in a crosswind doesn't rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment ...

Flapping-wing robots that mimic the flight mechanics of birds and insects are closing the control gap with conventional ...

Unlike birds, which navigate unknown environments with remarkable speed and agility, drones typically rely on external guidance or pre-mapped routes. However, a groundbreaking development by Professor ...

Aditya Nair (MSR ‘24) applied lessons learned in MSR to take an inexpensive bird-like drone and teach it to fly. The same pursuit that enthralled the Wright Brothers at the dawn of the 20th century ...