Tag: HUMMINGBIRD

DARPA has a fancy new spy drone that looks almost exactly like a hummingbird (provided you don't get too close to it). The tiny robot is able to zip through the sky, performing feats of aerial acrobatics similar to what an actual hummingbird is capable. The hope is that, when deployed, it won't draw much attention and will be able to find a perch near a potential target. The current version can ...

Robot animals are all the rage these days. From pollutant-hunting mechanical fish to animatronic replacements for mascot dogs, we seemingly can't get enough of them. Our friends over at Engadget report that researchers from Japan's Chiba University have recently built a "robotic hummingbird" that can stay aloft via blindingly fast wing movement. At a development cost of 200 million yen (about ...