Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail – Science Daily

Engineers have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give it unprecedented flight agility.The northern goshawk is a fast, powerful raptor that flies effortlessly through forests. This bird was the design inspiration for the next-generation drone developed by scientifics of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems of EPFL led by Dario Floreano. They carefully studied the shape of the bird’s wings and tail and its flight behavior, and used that information to develop a drone with similar…

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