The ornithopter revisited

[lostcosmonauts]

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...bot-can-soar-so-well-it-uses-almost-no-power/
Well,… flying like a bird brain if not with the bird anatomy. Nice demo certainly, interesting to see if it can scale up

 

[lostcosmonauts]

https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00565
and

https://futurism.com/the-byte/drone-soars-like-bird-no-power

 

[Brett Davidson]

Nice demo certainly, interesting to see if it can scale up

There are uses for bird-sized drones, and ones disguised as birds. One of the things holding up their deployment has been battery weight and capacity. This would make them much more practical - and they might want to scale it down.

 

[Scott Kenny]

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...bot-can-soar-so-well-it-uses-almost-no-power/
Well,… flying like a bird brain if not with the bird anatomy. Nice demo certainly, interesting to see if it can scale up

Maybe, it would take a pretty long thin wing to work. I'm thinking Predator/Grey Eagle sized recon drone with solar panels on the top of the wings for recharging.

Not really an Ornithopter, though, the wings aren't flapping.

 

[lostcosmonauts]

True, I’d been alluding to trying fly by mimic the bird mind so the title is misleading

 

[Scott Kenny]

True, I’d been alluding to trying fly by mimic the bird mind so the title is misleading

Not that being able to soar like a bird isn't an impressive accomplishment, mind you!

 

[publiusr]

A pogo stick “leg” for launch useful?

Glide…bounce…glide…bounce