Scientists designed microrobots that use sound to swarm, adapt, and heal themselves — working together like a living organism ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

A robot that can jump into flight like a bird could eliminate the need for runways for small fixed-winged drones. Birds use the powerful explosive force generated by their legs to leap into the air ...

Decorative film is saving birds' lives — at least that's a lesson to take away from a $1.2 million project at Chicago's McCormick Place. In 2023, the convention center was the site of 2,000 bird ...

It’s a perfect spring day for watching the blue skies and whiling away the afternoon feeding birds. Especially if you are an artificial being made of metal. This is one of the most beautiful, peaceful ...

In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. AI models let robots carry out tasks in unfamiliar ...

Birds can seem amazingly social as they fly and roost together. But why do they really hang out? Let’s take a closer look at the social lives of birds.

Chinese scientists have developed RoboFalcon 2.0, a bird-inspired robot with reconfigurable wings that can achieve self-takeoff and controlled low-speed flight.