Remote-controlled pigeons take to the skies | Science News

A robotic pigeon that can change its wing shape like a real bird paves the way for creating more agile aircraft, and offers a new way to study bird flight.

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Maria Temming

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Helen Thompson

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Lentink Lab/Stanford University
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“Outmoded Waltz” by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0)



Citations
E. Chang et al. Soft biohybrid morphing wings with feathers underactuated by wrist and finger motion. Science Robotics. Published January 16, 2020. doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aay1246.L.Y.

L. Matloff et al. How flight feathers stick together to form a continuous morphing wing. Science. Vol. 367, January 17, 2020, p. 293. doi:10.1126/science.aaz3358.

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