Kartavya Kant Tiwari

Chinese scientists unveiled RoboFalcon 2.0, a flapping-wing robot that has managed to achieve self-takeoff and low-speed flight management. It essentially tries to solve two of the major drawbacks of RoboFalcon version one that can further improve efficiency: firstly, it cannot go slow, and secondly, it requires help to take off. Its reconfigurable wings weigh 800 grams and combine within one wingbeat the motions of flapping, sweeping, and folding in a single step forward for avian-inspired robotics. This adheres to the bird-style takeoff and better pitch and roll management in the air denoted by the researchers. RoboFalcon 2.0 Mimics Bird Wing Motions to Achieve Self-Takeoff and Stable Low-Speed Flight” As per the study published in Science Advances, most previous bio-inspired flying robots relied on simplified one-dimensional wing motions, like those of insects or hummingbirds. Conversely, three-dimensional kinematics found in birds and bats are recreated in the RoboFalcon 2.0. Sweep...