The Festo development team created the SmartBird robot robot

What is this bird, it becomes clear when you watch the video in the continuation. Generally speaking, it is surprising how much this robot looks like a real bird in flight. Here and flapping wings, and planning, and stop with turns in the air. In general, all this - the usual actions of birds and aerobatics for robots. The creators of this miracle are the development team of the Festo's Bionic Learning Network.

When creating a robot bird, the developers tried to study the “flying qualities” of the seagulls as closely as possible - apparently, someone from the team liked “The Seagull named Jonathan Livingston” by Richard Bach. Well, what, these birds really look great in the air.
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In addition to "The Seagull", you can still remember the "Guardian-bird" Sheckley. Now it only remains to develop a determinant of intentions that will allow the bird to track potential criminals, and a weapon that will help it cope with the person who is going to commit a crime. Yes, and do not forget about the artificial intelligence of birds and self-learning system. The smallest remained in order to make the “Guardian Bird” a reality.

In the meantime, SmartBird is controlled by man through radio communications. A camera is fixed on the back of the bird, which makes it possible to understand how the device behaves in the air. The mass of the device is only 0.5 kg, probably a large gull weighs more.





Via engadget