Robot SmartBird: Can Take Off, Fly and Land

Rockstar Robots: Festo’s SmartBird (+Video)

Cabe Atwell | May 31, 2015

[...]German company Festo is all about producing unusual robots that are based on their biological counterparts. This is true for their SmartBird as well, which is based on the herring gull and its flight characteristics. What makes this robot unique is that it can take off, fly, and land (perch?) all on its own.

Source: https://internetthenewera.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/flying-bird/

<more at http://makezine.com/2015/05/31/rockstar-robots-festos-smartbird/; related links: https://internetthenewera.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/flying-bird/ (internetthenewera: Flying bird? September 9, 2011) and https://www.festo.com/group/en/cms/10238.htm (Festo Corporate)>