Bob McDonald's blog: Practical ornithopters that fly like hummingbirds or dragonflies have been a long-time dream. A new electrically powered flapping wing system could make insect-like flying ...

Scientists have developed what could be an alternative, though, in the form of a sun-powered flapping wing.

The wing dynamics of flying animal species have been the inspiration for numerous flying robotic systems. While birds and bats typically flap their wings using the force produced by their pectoral ...

Feathered robotic wing paves way for flapping drones Date: January 13, 2023 Source: Lund University Summary: Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a ...

France's military is researching biomimetic drones that mimic bird flight for stealth purposes, a project called BIOFLY. The BIOFLY drone, weighing only 50 grams, utilizes flapping wings and is ...

Its flapping wings lasted over a million cycles with no drop in performance, demonstrating that it should be able to fly long distances.

From Airbus: The Airbus albatross sea bird can soar hundreds of kilometres without flapping its wings. Imitating this flight technique just might help engineers design lighter and more fuel ...

Inspired by this natural wing with strain receptors, researchers are exploring how the wing strain sensing could extract surrounding flow information using a biomimetic flapping robot.

In wing-wake interaction, the motion of the wing during flapping creates an interaction between the wing’s flow and the wake shed by the previous flapping motion.

The world's first successful flight of a self-powered, rudderless, flapping aircraft has been achieved. The NAV, or nano air vehicle, operates by using two flapping wings.

Archaeopteryx fossils suggest the dino-birds were capable of flapping their wings in flight.