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The German industrial control and automation company Festo [0] created a bionic swift [1] as an engineering demo this year. The flapping wings are no longer as rigid as in their earlier flapping bird model [2]. Go and check out their other stuff (e.g. a dragonfly: [3], a flying fox or aquatic animals), it's great! Here is a Youtube search for Festo Animals for your convenience [4].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festo

[1] BionicSwift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUE8o056Cpc

[2] SmartBird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnR8fDW3Ilo

[3] Dragonfly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj1yhz5io20

[4] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Festo+Animals

parent _Microft 5 years ago

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