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This Drone’s Feathered Wings Can Open and Close Like a Bird’s – Gizmodo Australia
Aeronautical engineers have built planes that can streak across the sky at over 6,437 km per hour, but still haven’t come close to designing aircraft that can manoeuvre…
Aeronautical engineers have built planes that can streak across the sky at over 6,437 km per hour, but still havent come close to designing aircraft that can manoeuvre with the astounding agility of a bird. Researchers at Switzerlands École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne figured, if you cant beat em, join em, and have designed a drone with feathered wings that can extend and retract.
Copying a birds approach, in which an animal can spread its wings to catch more air to improve manoeuvrability…
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