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Flying Robot Bird Unveiled

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-the-robot-worm dept.

mikejuk writes "Festo, well known for their biologically inspired robots, have a new creation called SmartBird. It is amazing to watch and all the more amazing when you realize that it flaps its wings and all of the control is via a torsion drive which twists the wings during each flap. The whole thing depends on the constant intervention of the software to keep it under control."

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  1. Re:Wow, just wow. The uncanny valley extends .... by Theotherguy_1 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Agreed on a) and b) but not on c). That sounds like the ridiculous rhetoric of the Venus Project or Marshall Brain (also known as Marxism). You're not one of those wackos, are you? I should hope not.