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“Flying Robots”

Apr 1, 2013 11:49 AM ET // Nic Halverson
BionicOpter can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings. ->
Jan 31, 2012 02:30 PM ET // Erik Trinidad
New York City has been the backdrop of many a superhero movie, with actors flying amongst skyscrapers by way of green screens and other special effects. But during this unseasonably mild winter, the city skyline was graced with the unexpected sight of three capeless human figures flying around -- a...
Aug 3, 2012 08:21 PM ET // Meaghan O'Neill
Our sister site TreeHugger delivers all the freshest news on environmental news and culture. Here are items from the past week we thought you'd dig, even if you've never recycled. Tech-y Stuff Forty years ago, the CIA considered flying a dragonfly lookalike drone. Known as the Insectothopter, it wa...
Feb 29, 2012 09:26 PM ET // Alexander Davies
Wow, U Penn does really cool stuff with robots. A few weeks ago, it was autonomous bots playing hockey against one another. Now, it's a band of flying quadrotors programmed to play the guitar, piano, maracas, cymbal and drums, together producing the James Bond theme song. The incredible video below...
Dec 26, 2012 01:10 PM ET // Alyssa Danigelis
This flying orange robot is being tested as a way to keep pesky geese out of urban parks.
Jun 15, 2011 09:25 AM ET // Nic Halverson
Researcher builds UAV to film and study bats in flight.
Nov 30, 2012 02:17 PM ET // Nic Halverson
HyTAQ's design helps it travel four times farther and operate six times longer than an aerial-only system.
May 5, 2012 09:15 AM ET // Christina Ortiz
These drones were created to get aerial visuals by measuring pixels for accurate images.
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