Engineers are taking inspiration from birds to design a new kind of flying robot that could be more flexible, safer, and better suited to complex environments than today’s drones. Instead of relying ...

A bird banking in a crosswind doesn't rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment. Engineers at Rutgers University have taken a major step toward building ...

Spring is here, and that can only mean one thing: the return of robot birds. In Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, rangers ...

Aditya Nair (MSR ‘24) applied lessons learned in MSR to take an inexpensive bird-like drone and teach it to fly. The same pursuit that enthralled the Wright Brothers at the dawn of the 20th century ...