Research shows that nature has been a source of inspiration over time, especially for the field of robotics. This has led to imitations that have improved the number of biologically inspired robots that could use everything from surveillance operations to flower pollination. An international team of Engineers created a drone prototype that imitates the aerobatic manoeuvres of the world’s fastest smart birds.
As stated by Science daily, the flapping wing drone(robotic drone) has been optimized to fly in the clustered environment near humans, having the ability to seamlessly slide in unison, and stop immediately from fast speeds. A team of researchers designed the 26-gram ornithopter drone to move swiftly making it more versatile than a traditional quadcopter drone.
The research scientist at the National University of Singapore, Dr Yao-Wei Chin, stated that “Unlike the mainly known quadcopters that are quite intrusive and not agile, biologically inspired drones could be used efficiently in a range of environments”.
The feature of its lightweight and slow flapping wings( robotic drone) of the ornithopter poses significantly less danger to the public that quadcopter drones in the event of a crash and given sufficient thrust and power banks it could be modified to carry different payloads depending on what is required.
Dr Chin team also acknowledged that this could be a breakthrough that changes previous limitations, since smart drone bird can now be used to acquire information, crowd and traffic monitoring, surveying forests and even chasing birds away from airports.
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